NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - 44-year-old Larry Hartwell Vick Jr. is dead after a Saturday afternoon shooting in Newport News.
Person of interest provided by Newport News Police
Dispatchers received a call for a shooting in the area of 22nd Street and Oak Avenue at approximately 12:37 p.m. When crews arrived, they found Vick suffering from a single gunshot wound to the upper left side of his torso.
Vick was treated on-scene and was taken to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Newport News Police said that a suspect in the shooting was seen fleeing to the southeast on foot. He is described as a black man wearing a black skullcap, a camouflage jacket and white painter's pants.
On January 7 Newport News Police released video of a person of interest.
The shooting is still under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
