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Man dies after shooting in Newport News, police say

Newport News Police found a man shot and took him to a hospital where he later died. An investigation is underway.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man is dead after a shooting in Newport News, Newport News Police say. 

Sunday evening, at 9:39 p.m., officers were called to Pilot House Dr. to check on an unconscious person. When they arrived on the scene, they found a man had been shot. Medics took him to a hospital, where he died from his injuries about 30 minutes later at 10:11 p.m.

Police later identified the victim as 29-year-old Gabriel Saninocencio, of Newport News.

Police do not have any suspect information at this time.

This is the second homicide within 6 hours in the city. Two men were shot on North Trellis Court around 5:31 p.m., the shooting killing one man and hospitalizing the other.  

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