CRIME & SAFETY
Large house fire displaces 2 people from Suffolk home
SUFFOLK, Va. — Two people have been displaced from their home after a house fire in Suffolk Wednesday night, officials say. Suffolk Fire & Rescue says they were dispatched to the 200 Block of Babbtown Road for a fire around 11:10 p.m. Crews arrived around 11:15 p.m. and saw...
Gunfire strikes sleeping man in Hampton, nearby vehicle
HAMPTON, Va. — A man is recovering after he was shot while sleeping inside a home in Hampton late Sunday night, authorities said. In a news release on Monday, the Hampton Police Division (HPD) said someone approached the residence on Tabatha Circle off of Michaels Woods Drive at around 11:15 p.m. and fired multiple rounds toward the home, striking the victim once.
Portsmouth boy is the latest child victim of stray bullet shootings in Hampton Roads
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The 10-year-old boy shot and killed while inside his Portsmouth home becomes at least the fourth child in our area in recent months to be hit by a stray bullet. In almost every case, it was a young boy shot while inside — what should have...
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