VIRGINIA BEACH (WAVY) — The last week of April into May was a busy one for Virginia Beach police when it comes to announcing arrests of young people with guns. On April 29, they listed 53 people arrested and 28 guns seized during spring break weekend.
On May 2, police identified five people charged in the same homicide, four of them aged 21 or younger, in connection with the April 4 shooting death of Joshua Rice, 20.
‘They all knew each other’: Five suspects named in fatal shooting of Virginia Beach man, 20
Rice’s mother Sharon wants to make sure that her son’s death will not be meaningless, even if it was senseless.
“You know how people say ‘I have my good days and my bad days’? I have my good moments and my bad moments, ’cause they all seem to be the same day.”…