PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Portsmouth Police are now investigating after a 19-year-old man in the Navy was killed in a shooting Monday evening.
Officers were initially sent to the 20 block of Woodland Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday for shots fired.
Officials say a walk-in patient with a gunshot wound was later reported at a local hospital.
The victim later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead just after 9 p.m.
Police identified the victim as 19-year-old Darius D. Whitted with the U.S. Navy.
One suspect was taken into custody for 2nd degree murder. The incident remains under investigation.