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Hampton Police arrest two men in connection with fatal shooting

Posted at 6:45 PM, Jan 02, 2018
and last updated 2018-01-04 13:23:26-05

Jquan Malik Vinston

HAMPTON, Va. -A man was killed in a shooting in the 2100 block of Kecoughtan Road Tuesday.

Around 6:13 p.m., authorities received multiple calls in reference to a shooting. When police officers arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from a single gunshot wound inside an apartment building.

Medics pronounced the victim, 32-year-old Joshua Williams dead at the scene. This incident is being investigated as a homicide.

Hampton Police  have arrested Jquan Malik Vinston, a 20-year-old Newport News man and Isaiah Lashawn Smith, an 18-year-old Hampton man.

Both suspects have been charged with one count of Murder and one count of Use of a Firearm in a Commission of a Felony.

Police said there is no photo available for Smith at this time.

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