VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Police said the man accused of murdering a woman in the Hilltop area of the city Monday night knew her.
Officers arrested Brandon Wyatt Wysong, 31, shortly after the deadly shooting in the 800 block of Westminster Lane. Police said he ran from the scene.
Emergency dispatchers received a call around 6:30 p.m. for what police described as a "possible domestic issue."
When officers got to Westminster Lane, they found a woman, identified as 34-year-old Elena Victoria Wysong, who had been shot. She died there.
Jimmy Frost lives in the neighborhood and said Wysong and the woman were his neighbors.
“The children were in the front yard huddled together,” said Frost. He told 13News Now he tried to console the children and stayed with them until family members arrived.
“The oldest one was in absolute horror because of what she had just witnessed. The two younger ones, they were confused,” said Frost. He said he didn't k now much about Wysong or the woman, but he did see police at the home prior to Monday night.
“I rarely ever saw her (the victim), except outside in the yard. We saw the man she lived with here from time to time. He had a very volatile temper and one of these fellows that you wanna steer clear of,” said Frost.
Wysong faces a murder charge, plus the charges of Use of a Firearm in the Commission of a Felony and Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
He was in the Virginia Beach Correctional Center Tuesday night.
The shooting took place a mile from where police found three people shot Sunday morning. That crime took place in the 300 block of North Great Neck Road.