The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office has arrested an 18-year-old and 14-year-old in connection with a robbery and shooting at the Yorktown waterfront.
Authorities allege that John Arthur Walker IV, 18, and an unidentified 14-year-old, both of Newport News, shot a 29-year-old Hispanic man in the 400 block of Water Street Monday, the sheriff’s office said.
“York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Investigators determined that this was not a random act but the incident began when the victim approached the two individuals arrested and attempted to purchase marijuana,” the sheriff’s office said.
Deputies responded to the Yorktown waterfront near the fishing pier around 12:15 a.m. Monday.
There, they found a 29-year-old Hispanic man who had been shot. The man, whose last residence was in Florida, was taken to a local hospital.
Information on his condition and his identity was not immediately released.
Walker was arrested Thursday, and the juvenile was arrested Wednesday.
Both Walker and the juvenile are charged with aggravated malicious wounding, robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The juvenile is being held at the Merrimac Juvenile Detention Center in Williamsburg.
