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Man pleas guilty in connection to 2022 road rage fatal shooting

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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Norfolk man pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for road rage incident that led to a shooting last year.

In August of 2022, Newport News police officers found one person shot in the 300 block of Oyster Point Road. The victim was 51-year-old Crystal Mittelstadter.

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After investigating the shooting, police determined that the shooting was the result of a road rage incident and obtained the warrant for the then 22-year-old As-Siddiq Abdul-Aziz.

Abdul-Aziz was originally charged with one count each second-degree murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

Abdul-Aziz is scheduled for sentencing on Jan. 26, 2024.