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2 people dead, 1 still in hospital following shooting at Newport News apartment

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Another person has died following a triple shooting at an apartment complex in Newport News early Sunday morning, police say.

Police say officers responded to the shooting on Gloucester Drive in a neighborhood down the street from Heritage High School just after 2:30 a.m.

Inside the home, they found one man who was shot to death and two other people who had also been shot, police say.

The two others were taken to the hospital with serious injuries, police say. In a press conference Monday afternoon, Chief Steve Drew said one of them had since died.

Police say they're investigating the shooting as a homicide.

Anyone with information is asked to call Newport News Police or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.