The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Tuesday, March 14, 1995                TAG: 9503140395
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B9   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH                     LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

TWO CHARGED WITH SLAYING

Detectives arrested two men over the weekend and charged them with the Jan. 25 slaying of Willie L. Anderson II, 31.

Late Friday, police arrested 23-year-old Elbert Smith, a Portsmouth resident who lives in the 2400 block of Charlestown Ave. Late Sunday, they arrested Diefen A. McGann, 34, at his residence in the 1400 block of White Marsh Court in Virginia Beach.

Police spokesman Mike Carey said a dispute between the two suspects and the victim led to the fatal shooting.

Anderson was shot in a Kempsville auto repair garage and staggered to the 4700 block of Alicia Drive, where he collapsed in a ditch, police said.

Each suspect was charged with first-degree murder and using a firearm during a felony. Smith was also charged with having a firearm after being convicted of a felony.

They are being held without bond in the city jail.

KEYWORDS: SHOOTING MURDER ARREST

by CNB