PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Portsmouth Police are searching for a 20-year-old woman in connection with an incident in the 2200 block of Elliot Avenue that left two women injured Monday night.
Dispatchers received a call for a shooting in the area at 8:07 p.m. and a call for a stabbing at 8:16 p.m.
Police say one of the women suffered a life-threatening stab wound, and the other sustained a gunshot wound that is said to be non-life-threatening.
Both women were taken to local hospitals for treatment and are recovering, police say.
According to police, 20-year-old Jada Banks is charged with aggravated malicious wounding and stab/cut in committing or attempting a felony. Police ask anyone with information on Banks' whereabouts to call the Portsmouth Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at (757) 393–8536 or submit an anonymous tip through the Portsmouth Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP (1-888-562-5887).
The PPD is investigating an incident near the 2200 block of Elliot Ave, that left two adult females wounded. One has a life threatening stab wound the other has a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Both are at hospitals receiving treatment. pic.twitter.com/z2j1ujIDyL
— PortsmouthPD (@PortsmouthPD) January 18, 2022
More to follow as information becomes available. Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Portsmouth Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division at (757) 393–8536 or to submit an anonymous tip through the Portsmouth Crime Line at 1–888-LOCK-U-UP.
— PortsmouthPD (@PortsmouthPD) January 18, 2022
