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Update: Suspect charged in Norfolk shooting death

Posted at 7:56 AM, Mar 08, 2013
and last updated 2013-03-08 15:07:18-05

Update: Norfolk police have arrested and charged 25-year-old Joseph Clark Chatfield of the 6600 block of Glenoak Drive in Norfolk, Virginia.

He is charged with Murder and Use of Firearm. Clark is being held in the City Jail, police say.

Norfolk, Va. – Norfolk police have identified the man who was shot and killed in Norfolk overnight.

The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Casey E. Hardesty of the 3000 block of Beach View Street in Norfolk.

Police tell NewsChannel 3 someone shot and killed Hardesty early Friday morning. The  call came into the emergency dispatch center for an adult male gunshot victim, at approximately 2:56 a.m., in the 6600 block of Glenoak Drive.

Hardesty was transported to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.

Investigators are currently questioning an adult male suspect, and interviewing witnesses at this time.

A motive has not yet been established, officials say.

Anyone with information regarding this homicide is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.