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Newport News man jailed in connection with 2017 homicide

Michael Paparelli HNNDaily photo/Courtesy of the Newport News Police Department)
Michael Paparelli HNNDaily photo/Courtesy of the Newport News Police Department)

NEWPORT NEWS — A 42-year-old local man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of another man in November 2017.

Police said Michael Paparelli, of the 800 block of Garrow Road, was taken into custody “on a direct indictment for the homicide of Corey David Hunter.”

Paparelli was booked on charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the Newport News Sheriff’s Office online jail roster.

He is being held without bond.

The shooting happened Nov. 24, 2017 on Prince William Road.

That evening at 8:20, officers and emergency medical personnel responded to the scene.

There, they found Hunter “lying on the ground suffering multiple gunshot wounds.”

His last known address was in the 100 block of Barcanmore Lane in York County.

Hunter died on the way to the hospital, police said. He was 34 years old.

During the course of the investigation, detectives found that Hunter “had been involved in a physical altercation with a male who is believed to be the shooter in this case.”

No other information about the arrest or the case was immediately released.

John Mangalonzo
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John Mangalonzo (john@localdailymedia.com) is the managing editor of Local Voice Media’s Virginia papers – WYDaily (Williamsburg), Southside Daily (Virginia Beach) and HNNDaily (Hampton-Newport News). Before coming to Local Voice, John was the senior content editor of The Bellingham Herald, a McClatchy newspaper in Washington state. Previously, he served as city editor/content strategist for USA Today Network newsrooms in St. George and Cedar City, Utah. John started his professional journalism career shortly after graduating from Lyceum of The Philippines University in 1990. As a rookie reporter for a national newspaper in Manila that year, John was assigned to cover four of the most dangerous cities in Metro Manila. Later that year, John was transferred to cover the Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines. He spent the latter part of 1990 to early 1992 embedded with troopers in the southern Philippines as they fought with communist rebels and Muslim extremists. His U.S. journalism career includes reporting and editing stints for newspapers and other media outlets in New York City, California, Texas, Iowa, Utah, Colorado and Washington state.

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