HAMPTON, Va. — Police have identified 45-year-old Joi Kimitra Brown as the woman that was shot and killed on Wendell Drive Saturday in what police say appears to be a domestic related incident.
Hampton City Schools confirmed to News 3 that Brown was a Kecoughtan High School health and PE teacher since 2019.
A man was also found at the scene suffering from an "unknown injury," and police say he remains in the hospital in critical condition.
Officers say the call came in at 7:44 p.m. on Sunday.
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When officers arrived, they located Brown inside of a residence suffering from a gunshot wound. She was pronounced dead on scene.
A man was also found suffering from an unknown injury in the same residence and was taken to a hospital for treatment of a life-threatening injury.
This is an ongoing investigation.
News 3 has reported extensively on the issue of domestic violence.
The recently released 2022 Crime in Virginia found there were more than 600 homicides last year.
Of them, more than 110 were identified to be family or intimate violence.
"Domestic violence is a huge culture problem that we all face. It's a multi-systemic problem," LaShonda Carson from the Samartian House told News 3 earlier this year. "It's an issue that we all can't avoid, so we can choose to be a part of the solution for it."
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