NORFOLK, Va. (NPD) – Detectives are continuing to investigate two shootings that happened within 24-hours of each other on Bonnot Drive.
Around 8:00 a.m. on October 26th, police responded to the 6900 block of Bonnot Drive for the report of an unresponsive man. When the Officers arrived, they found 20-year-old Lamarion O. Budd suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound. Budd was pronounced deceased at the scene.
On October 27th, police received a call for the report of a gunshot disturbance in the 1300 block of Branch Road around 1:00 a.m. When Officers arrived in the area, they located an unresponsive person in the 6900 block of Bonnot Drive. The person was identified as a 16-year-old male, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene.
“Every homicide is cause for great concern, but having two homicides occur so closely together within the same community is gravely disturbing to me, because it means there are those comfortable enough to believe this level of violence is acceptable in any one of our neighborhoods, and it is not, said Chief Mark Talbot. Residents of the Tanners Creek neighborhood can expect to see an increased number of Norfolk Police Officers in their community as we work to quickly identify those responsible for the deaths of these two young men.”
As Detectives are continuing to investigate these shootings they are asking for anyone with information to please contact the Norfolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or to submit an anonymous tip through the P3Tips mobile app.
Detectives have not released any additional details surrounding these homicides, nor have they released if the two incidents are believed to be related.
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