Second man arrested in connection with Cumberland Avenue homicide

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Detectives with the Portsmouth Police Criminal Investigations and Fugitive Apprehension arrested a second man in connection with a homicide Sunday afternoon.

On March 23, Portsmouth police responded to a call about a possible deceased male at a business in the 500 block of Cumberland Avenue at approximately 3:55 p.m.

Upon arrival, officers found an unresponsive man with gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced the victim, later identified as 51-year-old Bennie Anthony Artis Jr., deceased on the scene…

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