WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging Jordan Isaiah Pierce, 24, with the murders of two store employees during a 2022 robbery.
According to the indictment, on June 15, 2022, Pierce and a co-conspirator robbed a convenience store on Kiln Creek Parkway in Newport News, taking lottery tickets. During the robbery, Pierce, armed with a Draco pistol, allegedly shot and killed two employees. On July 11, 2022, armed with the same firearm used in the June 15 murder and robbery, Pierce and his co-conspirators allegedly robbed another Newport News convenien...