HAMPTON, Va. — A man has been arrested and accused of shooting and killing another man on Burton Street Monday afternoon, Hampton police say.
Just before 1 p.m., a shooting was reported in the 800 block of Burton Street. That's a couple blocks away from where Burton Street intersects with Big Bethel Road.
When officers arrived, police say they found a man with multiple gunshot wounds. He died at the scene.
Police say the two men encountered one another while walking on Burton Street and got into a verbal altercation before the shooting happened.
Police have not shared the identities of the man who died or the man who was taken into custody. They did say that the arrested man is a 21-year-old from Hampton.
The shooting remains under investigation.
