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One dead in Monday morning shooting at Newport News apartment complex

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Scene of Newport News fatal shooting (Photo: News 3's Allison Mechanic)

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - One man is dead after a shooting at an apartment complex in Newport News on Monday morning.

Newport News Police say they received a call at 8:37 a.m. about a fight in the 800 block of Forrest Drive, which is in the "Woodlands at Oyster Point" apartment complex.

As officers were responding to the scene, the call was upgraded to a shooting.

The victim, 45-year-old Anthony Leon Parker, was found deceased inside of a home.

The investigation into the shooting is underway at this time. No further information is available.

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