CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man died following a shooting on S. Military Highway and Canal Drive Friday morning, police said.
Chesapeake police were initially responding to a crash at the intersection of S. Military Highway and Canal Drive. Officers arrived and found a man in the road next to his car, a dark gray Audi.
The initial investigation revealed the man was shot and not struck by a vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Chesapeake Police continue searching for a suspect.
The call came in around 5:40 a.m. Police blocked off a portion of the road for around three hours.
A man told 10 On Your Side’s KaMaria Braye that the incident was a case of road rage. He said the victim got out of his car and approached another car. He said a person in the other car pulled out a gun, shot the man, and sped off.
A witness told us a man got out of his car, walked away from the car and then got shot.
Police at this hour still looking for that suspect.
It came across the scanner:
“CPR has been started. now they are advising it’s going to possibly be a gunshot wound.”
A man who works in the area told 10 on Your Side that the victim got out of his car and approached another car. He said whoever was in the other car shot the man and sped off.
“This morning, I saw a line of probably 12 police vehicles,” said Tony Hupp, the manager at Maximum Tools, located near the corner where it happened. “Shortly after the police showed up, I saw them pull up not an ambulance, but a hearse and I knew something big had happened.”
Hupp knew it was bad. He said he’s actually talked to his children about events like this.
“I tell them … it ain’t worth your life to get out of the car and argue with somebody over something so simple as being cut off,” Hupp said. “Stop, save your life. Stay in your car and keep your mouth shut because it will save your life.”
Sadly, according to the witness, someone did get out of the car.
Police are still looking for that suspect.
Hupp spends a lot of time on driving in Hampton Roads, and he’s seen a thing or two.
“We see a lot of accidents through here because of people’s inability to let people in and out of traffic,” Hupp said. “… They are driving around like complete maniacs.”
Hupp said to think of all the families and friends impacted by the person who fired the gun in this case, and from the man who died from the gun.
“We just got to … take a breath, just calm down, start acting like Virginia is for lovers,” Hupp said.”
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