The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Saturday, November 2, 1996            TAG: 9611020364
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   19 lines

MAN, TEEN CHARGED IN MURDER

A man and a teenager have been charged in connection with the murder of David Semko, a Norfolk man who was shot to death Oct. 26 in the 9500 block of 26th Bay St.

Thursday night, police arrested 27-year-old Sidney K. Johnson, of the 8700 lock of O'Conner Crescent, and a 16-year-old.

Semko, 35, was shot about 1:20 a.m. just after he left his apartment. He died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

Homicide investigators R.L. Chupik and J.R. Malbon charged the suspects with capital murder, attempted robbery and using a firearm in a felony.

KEYWORDS: MURDER SHOOTING ARREST JUVENILE by CNB