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One dead, another injured in Norfolk double shooting

Posted at 1:54 PM, Sep 09, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-10 17:58:01-04

Norfolk, Va. - One person died and another was taken to the hospital after a shooting in Norfolk Wednesday afternoon.

Oceanair Elementary had to be placed on lockdown for a time due to this incident.

Police responded to two gunshot victims at 1:20 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon after a call of shots in progress on 9100 Pinedale at Dudley.

A man in his early 20s was found suffering from a gunshot wound at 9100 Pinedale.

Police then discovered another victim, 19-year-old Coraun Poole, in the 600 block of Leichester.

Poole and the other victim were taken to Sentara Norfolk General.

Poole was pronounced dead at the hospital. The victim found on Pinedale and Dudley is in stable condition and expected to survive.

Neighbors say they heard four or five shots. "I said, 'He is dead. He ain't getting back up.' They were pumping on him, pumping on him, but he didn't get up, and I didn't see him move," said one neighbor.

Police haven't released any information on a possible suspect.