GUILTY VA - Rodney Beanum, 28, shot to death, Fredericksburg, 24 Nov 2013

The man killed early Sunday in a Fredericksburg neighborhood has been identified as 28-year-old Rodney Darnell Beanum Jr.
Beanum was found dead about 2:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Howard Avenue in Mayfield subdivision after police responded to reports of gunfire. He had been shot multiple times, including at least once in the head.

City police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said it is not yet clear who shot Beanum or why. “We believe there are people who have information about this crime and we would like for them to come forward,” Bledsoe said.

Click to expand...

The list of suspects in a November Mayfield homicide keeps growing.

Fredericskburg Police announced today that, along with one previous arrest, two more suspects have been taken into custody on first-degree murder and robbery charges. A fourth suspect, however, remains at large.

Police spokeswoman Natatia Bledsoe said authorities are looking for John Edwin Pegram II, 23, who is known to John Edwin Pegram IIfrequent the Richmond area, which is where his last known address is. He has been charged with first-degree murder and robbery.

Click to expand...

Wesley Carlton Smith got an unsurprising answer Tuesday when he asked Judge John R. Stevens for a chance to get out of jail: “No.”

Smith, 22, of Stafford is one of four people charged with first-degree murder and robbery involving the brutal early Nov. 24 slaying of 28-year-old Rodney Beanum Jr. in the 1900 block of Howard Avenue in Fredericksburg.

Click to expand...

A judge on Monday upheld the 25-year prison sentence a jury recommended in October for a Stafford County man’s role in the slaying of Fredericksburg resident Rodney Beanum.

Wesley Carlton Smith, 24, is one of four men now serving prison terms for their participation in a robbery during which Beanum was shot numerous times in the back of the head while lying face down in the middle of Howard Avenue...

Diontae Washington and Lorenzo Jones, fingered Smith as Beanum’s killer. But no one was convicted of murder. Washington and Jones got eight years to serve in exchange for their testimony. The fourth defendant, John Pegram, is serving an 11-year sentence.

Click to expand...