Newport News Circuit Court jury on Wednesday found a Surry County man guilty of killing two men outside a Denbigh apartment complex three years ago.
After a three-day trial, Tevin L. Johnson, 27, was convicted in the slayings of Adrian B. Holiday, 26, and Jeremy Taylor, 23, both of Newport News, on March 19, 2015.
A crucial piece of prosecution evidence at trial: Police body camera footage showing that as Taylor laying dying — and police officers and medics asked him who shot him — he told them that it was “Tevin Johnson.” When one officer thought he said “Kevin,” Taylor clarified that it was “Tevin with a T.”
“He literally used his last breaths — in his dying moments — to try to get justice for himself and his friend,” Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Joshua Jenkins told jurors. “You literally have a victim telling you who did it.”
It was about 4:45 p.m. when police were called to reports of gunshots at The Reserve at Deer Run, a subdivision off Jefferson Avenue, near Industrial Park Drive.
They found Holiday slumped over in the driver’s seat of a white SUV, shot in the back shoulder, the engine still running and his seat-belt on. Taylor was found on the ground nearby, three shots to his abdomen.
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