Alleged Hunters Ridge Shooter Faces First-Degree Charges
December 4, 2008 • By The Breeze,
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[CORRECTION: This article was updated at 5:54 on Feb. 17 to correct the spelling of Zackery Turner. It was incorrectly spelled Zachery.]
Alleged shooter Zachery Turner, 18, faces first-degree murder charges for the fatal shooting of Reginald “Shay” Nicholson that happened in the early morning hours of Nov. 9.
Nicholson, 19, clung to life for nearly two weeks at the University of Virginia medical center after being shot in the head outside a party in the Hunters Ridge townhomes. Doctors had been waiting for swelling in Nicholson’s brain to go down before removing the bullet lodged in his sinuses. Before any surgery could be done, Nicholson died Thursday, Nov. 20.
“Our thoughts are certainly with Shay Nicholson’s family during this time,” said Lt. Kurt Boshart of the HPD, in a press release following Nicholson’s death. “The past two weeks has been extremely difficult for them and we continue to be committed, seeing this investigation through to the end.”
Turner was originally charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use or display of a firearm in commission of a felony, reckless handling of a firearm and discharge of a firearm in or around a school.
Charges for the other four suspects, Gregory Baker, 20; Jahmaine Faqiri, 18; and brothers Demonds, 19, and Ricky Parrish, 21, all of Ruckersville, have not been upgraded since Nicholson’s death.
An initial hearing for the case is scheduled for Dec. 16.
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And he deserves those charges.
Our JMU community welcomes people into their homes and neighborhoods because we trust in the good nature of people. Shay came up here to have a good time and visit friends, and these lowlifes took Mr. Nicholson’s life from him. It angers me so much and saddens me at the same time, it just doesn’t make sense. I hope that we as a community can learn from this tragedy, to take that extra step to be careful. I hope that the HPD make an extra effort to remove gang members from the community. This is just disgusting.
RIP Shay.