Matthew Jerome Brown Death – On the 3500 block of Ferncliff Avenue, close to William Fleming High School, on February 15, Roanoke police were called in response to reports of a male suffering a gunshot wound. The victim of a shooting in northwest Roanoke last month has been identified. Matthew Jerome Brown, 29, of Roanoke, died on February 15 from “a gunshot wound to the back,” according to the regional medical examiner’s office, which determined that homicide was the cause of death. A female “identified herself as the suspect and later confessed to the shooting of Brown,” according to a search warrant filed in Roanoke Circuit Court. She “stated that the two had had cellphone conversations and had been in and out of a relationship.”
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When the woman was stopped at the scene, her phone “was seized from her person.” On March 3, after obtaining a warrant, police searched the iPhone and took “digital data.” According to court documents, she has not been charged in connection with the incident. Brown is the gunshot victim, according to the search warrant, but Roanoke police have not yet made his name public. The incident has not resulted in any charges, and the investigation is still ongoing, according to department spokesman Caitlyn Cline’s email on Wednesday. The suspect in a different shooting that took place in the city on February 4 is named in indictments that a grand jury in Roanoke certified on March 6.
In connection with the non-fatal gunshot that injured two people at the Food Lion in the 2600 block of Peters Creek Road Northwest, Kemonte Ashon Cooper, 28, of Roanoke County, is charged with five crimes. On February 4, Roanoke police responded to reports of gunfire at the supermarket. When they arrived, they discovered a man and a woman who had been shot. The two victims were taken to the hospital for treatment, one of whom had suffered significant injuries. Officers detained a suspect but released him without charging him after consulting the Roanoke commonwealth’s attorney office. Cooper is the suspect who was initially questioned, according to assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney John McNeil, who made the confirmation on Wednesday.
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Cooper cooperated with cops, according to McNeil, and was released “pending further investigation” after speaking with investigators. But on March 7, Cooper was detained and charged with four felonies aggravated malicious wounding, using a firearm in the commission of aggravated malicious wounding, shooting in a public place that results in injury, and shooting into an occupied building as well as a misdemeanor for carrying a concealed weapon without a permit. At the Roanoke City Adult Correctional Facility, Cooper is being detained.
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