The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, February 28, 1996           TAG: 9602280467
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

POLICE IDENTIFY SHOOTING SUSPECTS

State police have identified two Portsmouth men suspected of shooting at four vehicles near the Victory Boulevard exit of I-264 Monday night.

Gerald Jean, 21, and Cory A. Rabba, 30, were arrested after a police search, police spokeswoman Tammy Van Dame said.

Just before 9:30 p.m., three drivers told police that their cars had been hit by bullets or rocks near the exit.

A state trooper investigating the complaints had his rear window shot out when he tried to turn from the eastbound lanes into the westbound lanes of I-264.

The trooper contacted Portsmouth police, who sent K-9 units to the scene.

Jean, of the 200 block of Cherokee Road, and Rabba, of the 200 block of Mohican Drive, were found in a wooded area just after 10 p.m., police said.

Both were charged with felony shooting into an occupied vehicle, use of a firearm in a felony and destruction of state property.

KEYWORDS: ARREST ASSAULT SHOOTING by CNB