UPDATE: 3 arrested in connection to homicide of 84-year-old store owner: Norfolk PD
NORFOLK, Va. — An elderly man was shot to death while trying to break up an argument at his family-owned convenience store in Norfolk.
Police say they were made aware of the shooting at 826 Lindenwood Ave. around 8 p.m. on Wednesday. That’s the address for the Triple C Convenience store.
Police confirmed that two men were seriously injured in the shooting. One later died at the hospital.
Since then, News 3 reporter Kelsey Jones has spoken with the son of the man who was killed. The son confirmed that the incident happened in Triple C Convenience – a store that his family owns.
He said his father, James Carter, was shot and killed trying to break up an argument inside the store.
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Carter was 84 years old and had worked at the store for nearly seven years. It was a way to keep busy during his retirement years, said his son, Dwayne Carter.
"He touched a lot a folks. He fed a lot of folks. He raised a lot of folks. You had some folks who had a sleepless night last night, including myself," Carter said.
"He definitely will be missed. You just shouldn’t live to be 84 years old to go out like that. It’s sickening.”
People stopped outside the store all day on Thursday, dropping off flowers and balloons, and comforted one another, as they remembered a man considered a father figure and a pillar of the community.
Elliott Boddie has known the family for years, and said he stopped by the store every day.
"The kids ... at the bus stop right here, when they would got to school, he'd have the store open them, early in the morning, early in the morning," Boddie said. "He lived to really see us happy, the community happy. And it's sad, it's sad that this is what happened."
We’re working to learn more about the incident.
Stay with News 3 for updates.
