Seven people shot in Norfolk, police say
The Sentara Norfolk General Hospital emergency room was placed on lockdown for about an hour due to the shooting until “hospital leadership determined the situation was stabilized and the emergency room could resume normal operations,” a Sentara Healthcare spokesperson said in a statement.No Old Dominion University students were victims of the nearby shooting, Jonah Grinkewitz, a university spokesperson said. A campus alert went out around 12:45 a.m.
Norfolk State University said in a tweet around 6 a.m. that “several NSU students” were victims in an “isolated off-campus” shooting near 50th Street and Hampton Boulevard, adjacent to the 5000 block of Killam Avenue. In a post on Instagram, the university said students were “innocent bystanders of a shooting at an evening house party.”
An NSU spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions. The tweet also said NSU police had secured the campus and that counseling services were available for students. Norfolk Police have informed us that several NSU students have been the victims of a shooting at an isolated off-campus location near 50th Street and Hampton Blvd. NSU Police have secured the NSU campus. Counseling is being made available for any student in need of services.
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