NORFOLK, Va. – A man wanted for a 2016 homicide has been extradited from Pennsylvania to Virginia to stand trial for the murder of a Norfolk woman.
On September 20, 2019, Zquan L. Steeps, 26, was arrested based upon a second-degree murder warrant for the 2016 homicide of 38-year-old Charlene Ryals.
Norfolk Police responded to a residence in the 500 block of Garren Avenue on December 4, 2016 for a gunshot disturbance. When officers arrived, they found Ryals suffering from a gunshot wound.
Ryals was transported to the hospital where she later died.
After an extensive investigation, Norfolk Police homicide detectives secured warrants on September 18, 2019, against Steeps for second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony
Steeps was already being held at Luzerne County Correctional Facility on unrelated charges when he was served with the Norfolk warrant for murder.
Anyone with more information about this homicide, is encouraged to call the Norfolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or submit a tip through the P3Tips mobile app.
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