PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Portsmouth police have classified a shooting at Hamilton Place Apartments as a homicide.
Police received the call around 10:41 a.m. in the 1000 block of Patriot Way. Officers found a man shot in the stomach. Medics pronounced him dead at the scene.
Hamilton Place Apartments is a government-subsidized housing unit. Portsmouth Housing Authority Security Coordinator Keyond Gorley called the incident shocking.
"It's Christmas Eve," Gorley said. "This is not what we expected at the Housing Authority -- to have something like this on the property -- during the holiday season."
He said the Authority works hand-in-hand with the police department and they will assist officers in any way they can, including handing over surveillance video.
ut he couldn't say if anything related to the incident was captured on film.
"This property here, out of all of them, is the quietest," Gorley said. "We try to maintain police presence as well as a security presence to make sure nothing like this happens. This is an isolated incident."
He said Authority officials will meet with residents to reassure them and encourage anyone who may know something to come forward.
"We'll probably go door-to-door in the next few days, handing out fliers, see if we can get any additional information," Gorley said. "But I can't urge the community enough to reach out to police. Those are our partners; we partner with them on a day-to-day basis, and we're going to make sure we get this case solved."