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Road rage incident led to Oyster Point Road shooting in Newport News, police say

Police said one person was found in a parking lot with a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A person was shot and killed in the Oyster Point part of Newport News Friday afternoon, according to police.

The shooting happened in the 300 block of Oyster Point Road, the Newport News Police Department said. That's near the Oyster Point Plaza Shopping Center.

Police officers responded shortly before 1:30 p.m. and found Crystal Mittelstadter, 51, in a parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound. That's where Mittelstadter was pronounced dead.

After investigating, police said some type of altercation related to road rage occurred in the parking lot. 

After reviewing surveillance footage from the scene and talking to a person of interest, police charged As-Siddiq Abdul-Aziz, 22, in connection with the shooting. 

Abdul-Aziz was arrested late Friday night and taken to the Newport News City Jail. 

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