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Police investigate fatal shooting in Hampton

Posted at 8:46 PM, Aug 20, 2016
and last updated 2016-08-21 08:04:44-04

hampton homicideHAMPTON, Va. - A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot Saturday night.

Police were called to the 300 block of West Mercury Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. on a report of shots fired.

When officials arrived, they found one man with life threatening injuries.

The man was transported to a local hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

He has been identified as 24-year-old Robert Lee Anderson of Newport News.

Hampton investigators are working to determine why Anderson was shot.

If you have any information about this shooting, you are encouraged to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.