NORFOLK, Va. — Police are investigating after a shooting seriously injured man in a Suffolk neighborhood early Sunday morning.
The shooting happened in the 200 block of North Broad Street near the Williamstown neighborhood. Someone called police to report gunshots around 3:21 a.m., according to Suffolk Police Captain Mark Erie.
Officers said they got another call around the same time of the shooting that a man checked into a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. They later identified him as Mark Robertson, 25, of Smithfield.
“This reckless shooting has to stop,” said Cornelius Williams.
Williams said his grandmother lives a few homes from where many neighbors said the shooting took place.
“She heard something what she thought was fireworks. Come to find out talking to a few neighbors that it may have been multiple gunshots that she heard at 3:15 a.m., which woke her up out of her sleep,” said Williams.
Police said bullets hit several homes and cars.
A neighbor showed 13News Now where one of the bullets shattered a car’s back window.
“Bullets have no identification. They fly through homes, fly through cars, innocent people, innocent children,” said Williams.
Some homeowners, who did not want to be identified, told 13News Now a bullet went through a porch and hit another car.
On Sunday afternoon, another neighbor found a bullet in her car.
Williams said he wants more security on the street to keep his family safe.
“I’ll definitely like to see something put in place, maybe cameras in the neighborhood, anything to curb some of what's happening,” said Williams.
Suffolk Police said they are still looking for the people responsible. They are asking the public to provide any information to help them solve the case. Anyone with information can call 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
This is an ongoing investigation, and more information will be released when it is available.
Police are asking people to contact Suffolk Police or Suffolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP with any information on the situation.
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