One dead after shooting

Published 10:22 pm Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Suffolk police are investigating a shooting that left a male victim dead Wednesday evening.

The shooting was reported at 6:26 p.m. in the 1000 block of Nansemond Parkway at Heritage Acres Apartments, according to a city press release.

Emergency responders found the victim at East Washington Street and Bunch Avenue as he was being driven to the hospital by acquaintances. Officers and then Suffolk Fire & Rescue personnel performed lifesaving measures, but the man was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the press release.

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