NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk Police Department shared further details about two shootings that left three teenagers hurt on Friday night.
“I can tell you the young people I interact with, they talk about it all the time. How there are certain places they can’t go," said Deirdre Love, director of the organization "Teens With a Purpose."
On April 22, emergency dispatchers in Norfolk said a shooting happened near Calvert Square, in the 900 block of Bagnall Road, shortly after 6 p.m. A spokesperson for NPD said that at the scene, officers found a 17-year-old boy who had been shot in the leg.
Medics took him to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A little over an hour later, Norfolk Fire-Rescue responders were flagged down to help two other people who had been shot. Police said an 18-year-old woman whose face had been grazed by a bullet and a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the leg were trying to drive themselves to a hospital.
“If you live here [Hampton Roads] and want to go home, you can be around guns and violence just because you’re walking home," Love said.
Medics took them to The Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters and Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Both are expected to be okay.
“In our minds, we’re protecting them but the moment you walk out the door, you’re in harm's way," Love said, who acknowledged she plans to speak before Norfolk City Council this week and make a plea for more support and assistance in helping curb gun violence.
Norfolk Police Sgt. William Pickering said investigators think that the shooting happened in the 1500 block of Manson Street.
Anyone with information on these incidents is asked to call the police department or leave a tip with the Crime Line by calling 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. You can also submit a tip online at P3Tips.com.