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Markal Cook
Coverage of Markal Cook in the Nexus archive.
- Jury finds man guilty of second-degree murder in 2024 Mount Trashmore shooting
A jury found Markal Cook guilty of second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony in the shooting death of 15-year-old Jeyani Upshur outside the Mount Trashmore carnival in Virginia Beach, which occurred more than two years ago.
- Jury sees police interview of murder suspect in teen death at Mount Trashmore
The jury in Markal Cook's murder trial viewed his police interview conducted while he was in the hospital following the shooting death of 15-year-old Jeyani Upshur at the Mount Trashmore carnival in Virginia Beach over two years ago.
- 'Everybody was punching everybody': Trial begins in deadly Mount Trashmore shooting
The trial of Markal Cook, 21, has begun for a 2021 shooting at Mount Trashmore that killed a 15-year-old. Attorneys acknowledged uncertainty about the cause of the fight preceding the gunfire during opening statements.