NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Police have identified 18-year-old Ke’Ron Bowles, of Newport News, as the person killed on Roanoke Avenue Tuesday evening.
Newport News police confirm Bowles was a student at Heritage High School.
Police will be holding a community walk Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. in the 2700 block of Roanoke Avenue, where the shooting took place.
Newport News police say a call for a shooting came in around 5:10 p.m. in the 2700 block of Roanoke Avenue. When they arrived, they found Bowles suffering from a gunshot wound.
Police say he was taken to a hospital, were he later died.
Newport News police say there is no suspect information at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call 911 or the non-emergency number, 757-247-2500 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
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