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Suspect in Williamsburg teenager’s shooting death turns himself in

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Williamsburg Watch
Aug 25, 2026
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Jayquone Lee Jones, left, charged in shooting death of Caleb Zecharia Cotman, right. (jail and Facebook photos)

The suspect in the shooting death of an 18-year-old boy turned himself in to the Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail Monday night, the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s department announced.

Williamsburg resident Jayquone Lee Jones, 20, is charged with murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, the office announced.

He was arrested for the Aug. 7 death of 18-year-old Caleb Zecharia Cotman of the 100 block of Emma Rose Court.

Deputies arrived at the scene at 9:50 that night and found Cotman had been shot in the chest. He was taken to Riverside Doctors Hospital nearby, where he later died.

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