.
. WHAT
. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS WE HAVE A VERY CHAOTIC INCIDENT, A VERY
CHAOTIC NIGHT IN THE BEACH.
MANY DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES, >>
MULTIPLE PEOPLE SHOT AND 2 DEAD
IN VIRGINIA BEACH. THE VIOLENCE
UNFOLDED ALONG 20TH STREET AT
THE OCEAN FRONT AND ENDED WITH
POLICE OFFICERS SHOOTING A MAN
TO DEATH. 13 IS NOW HAS TEAM
COVERAGE. WE BEGIN WITH ALI
WEATHERTON LIVE AT THE SCENE.
ALI, I SEE OFFICERS ARE STILL
BEHIND YOU INVESTIGATING WHAT'S
GOING ON >>
.YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY ARE STILL
HERE. CAUTION TAPE STILL
SURROUNDS THIS AREA OF 19TH AND
ATLANTIC AVENUE HERE AT THE
VIRGINIA BEACH OCEANFRONT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS POLICE FOCUSED
THEIR INVESTIGATION ON THIS
AREA AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHERS.
POLICE ARE TRYING TO PIECE
TOGETHER THE PUZZLE OF WHAT
EXACTLY HAPPENED HERE THAT LEFT
2 DEAD AND SEVERAL OTHERS
INJURED COVERED >>
IN CRIME SCENE TAPE, THE
VIRGINIA BEACH OCEAN FRONT
BECAME THE SCENE OF SEVERAL
SHOOTINGS >>
,MANY DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES,
A LOT OF WORK AHEAD FOR US
TONIGHT VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE
CHIEF PAUL NEWDEGATE CALLS IT A
VERY CHAOTIC NIGHT AT THE BEACH
>>
APPROXIMATELY 11 O'CLOCK OR
SHORTLY AFTER 11:00 P.M. THIS
NIGHT WE HAD AN ORIGINAL CRIME
SCENE AT 20TH AND ATLANTIC.
CHIEF NEWDEGATE SAID 8 PEOPLE
WERE SHOT. MEDICS TOOK 6
VICTIMS TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA
BEACH GENERAL 2 OTHER VICTIMS
DROVE TO THE HOSPITAL ACCORDING
TO A SENTARA HEALTH CARE
SPOKESMAN, THEIR INJURIES RANGE
FROM SERIOUS TO LIFE
THREATENING. THE HOSPITAL
SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID 2 MORE
VICTIMS WENT TO OTHER LOCAL
HOSPITALS WHILE OFFICERS WERE
ACTIVELY WORKING THAT CRIME
SCENE. WE HAD ADDITIONAL SHOTS
THAT WERE FIRED IN THE AREA
OF 20TH THE PACIFIC THAT
RESULTED IN AN INDIVIDUAL BEING
CONFRONTED BY A UNIFORMED
VIRGINIA BEACH POLICE OFFICER
RESULTING IN A POLICE
INTERVENTION SHOOTING THAT
INDIVIDUAL IS DECEASED. WE ALSO
HAVE A SECOND DECEASED
INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS NOT PART
OF THE POLICE INTERVENTION
SHOOTING. WE DON'T BELIEVE IT
WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL
SHOOTING BEHIND US >>
.INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT
IS A MAN AND THE OTHER PERSON
WHO DIED IS A WOMAN BUT DIDN'T
GO INTO MORE DETAILS. CHIEF
NEUDIGATE SAID SOMEONE ALSO HIT
A POLICE OFFICER WITH A CAR.
MEDICS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL
AND NEWDEGATE SAID HE'S
EXPECTED TO BE OK >>
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS STABLE
AND WE'LL BE DOING OUR DUE
DILIGENCE TO FIND THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THIS AND HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE. AND CHIEF
NEWDEGATE SAID SEVERAL PEOPLE
ARE IN CUSTODY RIGHT NOW. IF
YOU KNOW ANYTHING THAT CAN HELP
INVESTIGATORS CONTACT THE CRIME
LINE, THAT NUMBER IS 1 888 LOCK
YOU UP LIVE AT THE VIRGINIA
BEACH OCEANFRONT ELWN
WEATHERTON 13 NEWS NOW. ALL
RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH, ALI. WE
POSTED THE POLICE CHASE NEWS
CONFERENCE ABOUT THIS SHOOTING
ON OUR WEBSITE. 13 NEWS NOW
DOTCOM WHILE THE CHAOTIC SCENE
FORCED POLICE OFFICERS TO SHUT
DOWN ENTRY TO THE OCEAN FRONT
TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN,
THIS IS VIDEO OF THE EMERGENCY
LIGHTS DIRECTING EASTBOUND
TRAFFIC OFF OF INTERSTATE 260
FOR PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO FIND
ALTERNATE ROUTES TO THE
OCEANFRONT AT THIS HOUR WHILE
POLICE INVESTIGATE EMERGENCY
CREWS TOOK THE SHOOTING VICTIMS
AND THE POLICE OFFICER TO THE
HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. ALISON
BAZZLE CONTINUES TEAM COVERAGE
AT SENTARA VIRGINIA BEACH
GENERAL HOSPITAL >>
AS IT TURNED INTO AN EMOTIONAL
NIGHT FOR FAMILY WHO RUSHED TO
SENTARA VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL
TO BE WITH LOVED ONES WHO WERE
SHOT AT THE OCEANFRONT. MANY
PACING AND HOLDING FAMILY CLOSE
AS THEY WAIT AS A SPOKESPERSON
TELLS US, 8 PATIENTS FROM THE
SHOOTING WERE TAKEN TO CENTRAL
VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL TO
WALKED IN ON THEIR OWN. 6 CAME
BY AMBULANCE, 1 WENT TO SENTARA
PRINCE ESAN AND 1 TO NORFOLK
GENERAL THEY DO NOT KNOW WHERE
THE OFFICER WAS TAKEN TO. WE
TALKED WITH A MAN WHO SAYS HIS
SON WAS 1 OF THE VICTIMS. HE
SAYS HIS SON ACTUALLY CALLED
HIM TO TELL HIM HE WAS JUST
SHOT. THE FATHER SAYS HE RACED
TO THE OCEAN FRONT TRYING TO
GET TO THE SON AND FIND OUT
WHAT HAPPENED. HE DOESN'T HAVE
A LOT OF DETAILS ABOUT HIS
CONDITION BUT SAYS HE'S 1
OF THE LUCKY ONES. HIS SON
CALLED HIM BEFORE SURGERY BUT
HE SAYS THERE ARE PEOPLE
WAITING THAT DON'T KNOW HOW
THEIR LOVED 1 IS DOING OR IF
THEY WERE EVEN BROUGHT TO THIS
HOSPITAL. WE WERE ALSO HEARING
A LOT OF FRUSTRATION FROM
FAMILY MEMBERS. A WOMAN TELLS
US HER BROTHER WAS SHOT. SHE
SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED OR HOW SHE IS AND
SHE'S DESPERATE FOR VIRGINIA
BEACH POLICE TO GIVE HER MORE
DETAILS. AND WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED AS WE HEAR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE VICTIMS
FROM POLICE IN VIRGINIA BEACH.
ALLISON BAZZLE 13 NEWS NOW BE
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