NORFOLK — Police said they have arrested a man in connection with a shooting that left a 12-year-old girl and a man injured Tuesday night.
The pair were shot in the 3200 block of Peronne Avenue around 10 p.m., according to the Norfolk Police Department. They were taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and are expected to survive.
While police were investigating the shooting, 18-year-old Thomas Hairston went to a local hospital with a gunshot wound. Hairston was later identified as the shooter and charged with four felonies – two counts of malicious wounding and two counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
Hairston remains in a local hospital in stable condition. Upon his release from the hospital, Hairston will be transported to Norfolk City Jail.
Tuesday’s incident brings the number of shooting victims in Norfolk to nine since Saturday.
Anyone with information on these crimes should call the Norfolk Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
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