PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Police say a 30-year-old man has been arrested after another man was found dead in Portsmouth Friday evening.
The call came in just before 9:30 p.m. for the shooting in the 2500 Block of Oak Leaf Place in Portsmouth.
When officers got to the scene, they found one man suffering from a gunshot wound.
Medics pronounced the man, later identified as 39-year-old Phillip Goston, dead on the scene.
Initial investigation revealed that the victim was shot in the upper body.
Police say 30-year-old Curtis Mitchell, who was also on scene, has been taken into custody and charged with murder.
The incident remains under investigation.
