HAMPTON, Va. — As people were getting up to go to work Thursday morning, police officers in Hampton got a call about a deadly shooting.
A spokesperson said HPD got the first calls about a shooting on Marcella Road just before 6:45 a.m. That's near Cooper Elementary School.
Officers went out to the Township in Hampton Woods apartment complex and found a man in the parking lot who had died. Investigators don't know who shot him, or why.
“I was actually walking the dog. I actually ran inside,” said Kayla Rodriguez, who lives at the apartment complex. She said she heard around six gunshots fired.
“Everyone is pretty much like go to work and come home, and it’s a cool complex," Rodriguez said. "It is crazy it happened so close.”
The complex is near Peninsula Town Center. Longtime Hampton resident Belinda Flucker said lately she’s noticed an uptick in crime.
"I am hearing more and more about a murder, about break-ins and things we didn’t hear about when we were growing up in Hampton Roads," Flucker said.
The victim's name and age haven't been shared, yet.
If you know anything about this murder, please call the division at 757-727-6111 or leave an anonymous tip with the Crime Line at 1.888.LOCK.U.UP.