Emporia Police Chief Don Wyatt said in a statement officers arrived at the 900 block of Reese Street in the Virginia city following a shooting call shortly before 5:30 a.m. Friday.
They found Michelle Roper, 36, lying in the front yard dead from an apparent gunshot wound.
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Lamont George, 47, was apprehended without incident in Rocky Mount.
The man faces charges of murder; the attempted murder of Wakki Roper; breaking and entering of a residence with the intent to commit a felony; possession of a firearm after having been convicted of a violent felony; larceny of a motor vehicle; two counts of using a firearm while committing or attempting to commit murder.
