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Portsmouth double shooting under investigation

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Portsmouth Police are investigating a shooting that left two people injured on Wednesday night.

Officers arrived to the 1400 block of LaSalle Avenue to respond to a female gunshot victim at 8:43 p.m.

As officers responded to the incident on LaSalle Avenue, an adult male walked into Fire Station 1 in the 1400 block of Effingham Street with a gunshot wound at 8:47 p.m.

Both victims were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The investigation revealed that the man was shot on LaSalle Avenue where the female victim was located.

Detectives do not have any information on a suspect or a motive at this time.

Anyone with information on that may help with the investigation is asked to call the Crime Line at 1 -888-LOCK-U-UP.