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Suspect arrested in connection to fatal double shooting that killed a 24-year-old woman on Sunday

It happened at Brambleton Avenue and Church Street at around 1 a.m.

NORFOLK, Va. — A man has been arrested in connection to a double shooting in Norfolk that killed a woman and injured another man.

The double shooting happened in Norfolk early Sunday morning. Norfolk Police and the U.S. Marshals have arrested 41-year-old Curtis G. Smith in connection to the incident. 

Smith was arrested on Tuesday in Chesapeake and is charged with second-degree murder, malicious wounding, and two counts of use of a firearm. He is being held without bond.

Norfolk Police Department investigators say the call came in just before 1 a.m. on Sunday.

It happened at the corner of Brambleton Ave and Church Street. It’s a busy intersection not far from Downtown Norfolk.

Medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene. They later identified her as 24-year-old Precious McClendon.

Police say a 51-year-old man was also injured. Medics took him to the hospital, and detectives said he should survive.

This is one of two shootings in the city that happened within hours of each other.

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