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Man arrested for shooting woman on Triple Crown Court in Hampton

The woman told police that a man she considered an acquaintance could have pulled the trigger after a confrontation near an apartment complex.

HAMPTON, Va. — Hampton police arrested a man who shot a woman on Triple Crown Court last week.

Benjamin J. Roberson, Jr. was charged with malicious wounding, one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and one count of discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling.

A release from the division said police were called to the first block of Triple Crown Court on Friday, Nov. 20 just before 12:30 p.m. That's where they found a woman who had been shot.

She was taken to a hospital and is expected to be okay.

Investigators said a man she considered an acquaintance could have pulled the trigger. They said there was a confrontation near an apartment complex there.

"Investigators have identified and are speaking to all parties involved," police wrote. "The motive and circumstances surrounding this incident remain under investigation and there is no further information to disseminate at this time."

Roberson is in custody at the Hampton City Jail.

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