NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY)– A Hampton teenager, whose survival as a newborn was recognized by the Vatican as a miracle, has been arrested in Newport News in connection to a shooting.
According to officials with the U.S. Marshals Service, 19-year-old Tyquan Johnson was taken into custody Wednesday on Chestnut Avenue just before 9 a.m. in connection to a double shooting that occurred in Rhode Island. Officials say another person was also arrested.
Shooting suspect appears to be man deemed miracle baby by Pope Leo XIV
Newport Police in Rhode Island initially announced that a warrant was issued for Johnson and that he was considered armed and dangerous.
Johnson was recognized by Pope Leo XIV as an official miracle for his birth story in January 2007…