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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. ? A man is arrested and charged in the shooting death of a woman on Monday night.
The Newport News Police Department said Jonah Dwight Sims, 23, is in custody after he turned himself in to police.
He is facing charges of first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, three counts of use of a firearm during the commission of a felony, malicious wounding, burglary with intent to commit a felony, four charges of assault, and discharging a firearm within a residence.
Officers were called to a shooting in the 600 block of Dresden Drive at 9:12 p.m. Monday.
Police said two people were shot inside a home. Javon Fraser was taken to Riverside Hospital with injuries not considered life-threatening, but his wife, 24-year-old Kayleigh Christian Ellifritz, was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to court documents, the couple?s two children were in the home when the shooting occurred. The children?s godmother Tiffany Diggs said the kids remember the suspect breaking down the door and shooting.
?He does remember the pow -pows, and he keeps saying pow-pow and looking at the door,? said Diggs.
Court documents also show the couple kicked 23-year-old Sims and his girlfriend out of their apartment just a few days before the attack happened. Ellifritz?s brother, Justice Murray said the family knew Sims well.
?They opened their doors to them, people that we have known most of our life. For them to take for granted the niceness that she provided them, I don?t understand how anyone is capable of doing that,? said Murray.
According to documents, Fraser met Sims in middle school in 2010 and they lived in the same foster home at one point.
Further documents show that Sims was on probation and had a history of trespassing, grand larceny and burglary. Ellifritz?s sister said she?s glad Sims got caught, but that it?s not enough.
?It?s better because he?s not out there but it?s still my sister that?s gone and we?re not getting her back,? said Ellifritz's sister.
Sims is being held without bond at the Newport News City Jail. He will be back in court on September 25.
?I want to thank the citizens who helped identify Mr. Sims, the officers and detectives who worked the scene, and the Fugitive Apprehension Unit,? said Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew.
To help with funeral expenses, the family has set up a place to donate.
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