A man accused of walking up to two men fighting on a Portsmouth street two years ago and fatally shooting one of them in the head was found not guilty of all charges Wednesday.
It took a jury in Portsmouth Circuit Court just 20 minutes to acquit Marceon Davis of the first-degree murder and weapon counts he faced, according to his attorney, Nathan Chapman. Davis, 24, was released from the city jail shortly afterward, where he’d been held without bond since his September 2022 arrest. A spokeswoman for the Portsmouth commonwealth’s attorney’s office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The shooting happened the afternoon of Sept. 3, 2022, in a residential area at the corner of South and Green streets, near the city’s Olde Towne.
Officers found 21-year-old Jaquan White with a single gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Also shot was Jamal Williams, then 18, who had multiple wounds.
Witnesses told police that White and another man, Johnathan Jamar Thomas, had agreed to meet at the spot to fight. The men also had agreed to put their guns aside.