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Newport News Police identify victim in Wednesday evening homicide

Posted at 6:53 PM, Dec 30, 2015
and last updated 2015-12-31 10:06:39-05

Newport News, Va. - Police are currently investigating the homicide of a 33-year-old man.

When officers arrived to the scene, they found a man with a gunshot wound lying on the sidewalk near the intersection of 30th Street and Madison Avenue.

The man was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. He has been identified as 33-year-old Damian Ramon Terry of the 3400 block of Marshall Avenue.

A preliminary investigation shows that Terry was walking down Madison Avenue when a person in a dark colored vehicle drove past him fired shots in the victim's direction.

Newport News police are asking that anyone with information in reference to this homicide to please call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-UP.