Docs: Portsmouth woman shot to death helped catch killer

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Earlier this month, on Oct. 8, Portsmouth Police were called to the 300 block of Choate Street around 12:30 a.m., and as soon as they got there, officers found a woman who had been shot and was seriously injured.

PPD: Woman shot on Choate St. has died, charges against suspect upgraded

Court documents identified the victim as Talesha Nicole Pugh, 50, and noted she had been shot several times — four times in the chest and another in the back. She suffered massive internal bleeding and had to have her kidneys removed.

It still wasn’t enough, and Pugh died at the hospital.

Pugh, however, did manage to help catch her killer, according to a court document. It stated she called her daughter and identified the shooter as Lamont Eugene Stevenson — Pugh’s boyfriend…

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