Trial date set for New York man accused of Carrollton murder

Published 6:09 pm Tuesday, February 11, 2025

A New York City man accused of fatally shooting another New Yorker in Carrollton two years ago is scheduled for a three-day jury trial that will begin June 23.

Isle of Wight County sheriff’s deputies allege 23-year-old Travis Lewis Wilson of New York’s Brooklyn borough to have shot and killed Queens resident Marvin Guillaume-Sam, 30, on Nov. 2, 2023, during a fatal encounter in the 12000 block of Smiths Neck Road near the Jones Creek mobile home park and boat ramp. Wilson had evaded law enforcement for nearly four months prior to his Feb. 29, 2024, arrest.

Wilson pleaded not guilty at his Jan. 15 arraignment to charges of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and felony murder. The fifth charge refers to a killing that occurs during the commission of another felony.

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Wilson faces five to 40 years in prison if convicted of second-degree murder alone, and another five to 40 years if convicted of the felony murder charge.

Wilson is represented by Portsmouth based attorney Kurt Gilchrist.

He’d previously pleaded guilty in 2022 in Isle of Wight County Circuit Court to grand larceny and was on probation at the time of his alleged involvement in the shooting.

A 911 call on Nov. 2, 2023, sent deputies to the site of the shooting, where they found Guillaume-Sam suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Guillaume-Sam was transported to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Investigators in 2023 said Wilson was “known to live off-and-on with family in Carrollton.” Deputies allege Wilson and Guillaume-Sam knew each other but have not to date elaborated on the nature of the victim’s and suspect’s relationship nor what prompted the two men to meet in Carrollton.