Double shooting on Accommodation Street

The man wanted in connection with shooting two females early Saturday morning is in police custody.

Justin Horace Belnavis, 28, of the 1000 block of North 35th Street was arrested by the Fugitive Task Force late Saturday night. He is charged with felonious assault, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.

Two females reported being shot by a known male during an argument around 12:45 a.m. Feb. 12 in the 2000 block of Accommodation Street. One female remains in critical condition. The other female’s injury is not life-threatening.

From the RTD article linked above:

Belnavis’ girlfriend, Marquisha Carter-Taylor, had injuries so extensive that she suffered a collapsed lung and had to have her sternum and part of her rib cage removed. She contracted a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection and had to be placed in a coma for about a month with her chest cavity left open.

But even after surviving a violent attack, Carter-Taylor still supports her man. She testified on Wednesday in Richmond Circuit Court, during a two-day proceeding, that she still wants to be with Belnavis. She visited him often while he was awaiting trial at the city jail. They exchanged love letters, and both got the same tattoo.

Carter-Taylor’s love and forgiveness were not enough to win leniency for Belnavis, who was described by authorities as a “serial domestic abuser” because he was convicted in 2006 of shooting another woman and attacking her with a hammer.