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1 killed, 2 injured in triple shooting in Virginia Beach

Published : 04 Apr 2021, 23:13

  DF News Desk
People walk on the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore in Chincoteague Island, Virginia, the United States, on Feb. 20, 2021. File Photo: Xinhua.

One person was killed and two others suffered life-threatening injuries in a triple shooting Saturday night in Virginia Beach, Virginia, reported Xinhua, quoting police on Sunday.

The Virginia Beach Police Department said in a press release that officers responded to a call for a gunshot wound about 10:08 p.m. local time Saturday in the 1600 block of Hiawatha Drive. When arriving at the scene, police found three victims suffering from gunshot wounds.

One of them was pronounced dead at the scene, and the other two sustained life-threatening injuries and were rushed to hospital, police said.

There was an active investigation going on and no suspect information was available as of yet, according to the police.

The fatal shooting came just over one week after what police described as "a very chaotic night" in Virginia Beach on March 26 during which multiple shootings left two people dead and eight others injured. One of the deceased was 25-year-old Donovon Lynch, who was shot and killed by a police officer who has yet to be identified.