Man Charged in weekend shooting death

Police have charged 22-year-old Jermaine Leon Thurston of Charlottesville with second-degree murder, malicious wounding and two firearms charges for a shooting that killed a young Charlottesville man.
The victim, Lamont Antonio Reaves, 21, argued with Thurston in the 900 block of S. First St. just before 3am Sunday, June 18. Thurston shot Reaves in the abdomen with a handgun. A woman who was standing nearby was also shot. Police are trying to determine if both victims were struck by the same round, The Daily Progress reported.
The victims were taken to UVA hospital, where Reaves died. The woman’s injuries were not fatal.
Thurston called police and turned himself in shortly after the shooting—he is currently being held without bond at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Regional Jail.
The incident marks this year’s first murder charge, according to Ric Barrick, spokesman for the police department.—Meg McEvoy