UPDATE
NORFOLK, Va. – Two of the seven gunshot victims did not survive, Norfolk police said Sunday. The deceased victims were identified as Zabre Miller, 25, and Angela McKnight, 19, according to WTOP.
NORFOLK, Va. – Several college students are among seven people injured and hospitalized after a shooting near Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia early Sunday, authorities said.
Norfolk officers responded around midnight to calls regarding a shooting in the 5000 block of Killiam Avenue, which is less than a mile from campus, officials said, according to the New York Post.
Among the seven people wounded, two suffered “life-threatening” injuries, police confirmed via Twitter.
The Norfolk State University, which is located on the opposite end of the city, said “several” of the victims are students.
Officers with the Norfolk Police Department responded at around midnight to a calls of a shooting in the 5000 block of Killiam Avenue. (Google Maps)
The school’s tweet referred to the shooting as an “isolated off-campus” incident near “50th Street and Hampton Blvd.”
“NSU Police have secured the NSU campus. Counseling is being made available for any student in need of services,” the tweet said.
“Initial indications are that our students were innocent bystanders of a shooting at an evening house party,” the university posted to its Instagram page, adding that although NSU’s police had secured the university’s campus, there was no danger on school grounds.
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A spokesperson with Old Dominion said none of the victims were ODU students, News 3 reported.
