PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth Police have made and arrest in connection with the homicide of Johnny Burden.
Police arrested Lorenzo Shamaul Rodgers on Tuesday, April 30.
On Wednesday Jan. 24 around 12:30 a.m., police were notified of a gunshot victim arriving at Maryview Hospital. At the hospital, officers confirmed that two men sustained gunshot injuries.
Police say 37-year-old Johnny Burden died from his injuries.
Later that day, police released the name and images of a man captured on surveillance video running away after arriving at Maryview Hospital early that morning.
On Jan. 31, police said that man was no longer needed for questioning .
Burden is one of two men who arrived at the hospital that morning with gunshot wounds. The other man, 34-year-old Jerome Hunter, survived. He told police his vehicle was shot at.
There was another person of interest listed by police, but WAVY has since confirmed that person was identified and no longer a person of interest.
The homicide case remains under investigation.
If you have any information about this case, you can submit an anonymous tip by calling 1-888-LOCK-U-UP, downloading the P3 tips app to a mobile device, or visiting www.P3tips.com and submitting a tip.