NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man has been arrested and accused of shooting and killing a woman in Newport News earlier this week, according to the city's police department

Kanye Smith, 21, of Newport News, was arrested on Thursday and faces the following charges: second-degree murder, discharging a firearm in an occupied building, and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

The charges stem from the death of Nevaeh Harris, 19, of Newport News.

Around 1:35 a.m. on Tuesday, police responded to the 3100 Block of Warwick Boulevard for a reported shooting. Harris was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a home, police say, and she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Newport News police said the incident "appears to be domestic in nature."

“I’d like to commend our officers and detective

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