Man sentenced in Appomattox County fatal shooting

Mugshot of Charles Roosevelt Abbitt Jr. from Feb. 4, 2019. (Blue Ridge Regional Jail)

APPOMATTOX COUNTY, Va. – A man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 7 suspended in a fatal shooting that happened in July 2021.

As we’ve reported previously, the shooting happened in a residence in the 1400 block of Spring Grove Road and resulted in the death of Carlos Rican Roman Jr., 34, of Spout Spring.

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Charles Roosevelt Abbitt Jr., also of Spout Spring, was initially charged with second-degree murder in connection with the shooting; however, he pleaded guilty earlier this month to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter.


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