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Suspect in custody after shooting leaves one man dead in Portsmouth

According to Portsmouth Police, the shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Oak Leaf Place.

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Police have a person in custody after a man was shot and killed in Portsmouth on Friday night.

According to Portsmouth Police, the shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m. at an apartment complex in the 2500 block of Oak Leaf Place.

Officers arrived to find the victim, an adult man, with a gunshot wound to his torso. The man was pronounced dead at the scene by medics.

Detectives have taken a suspect into custody. The investigation into this homicide is ongoing, police said.

If you have any information that may help police, you're asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

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