Update 3:40 p.m.: Police have released the identity of a man killed in a shooting in the York County area of Williamsburg Sunday morning. The man has been identified as 33-year-old Raheem Antonio King, last known to live in the 100 block of Old Colonial Drive in Williamsburg, according to a news release from the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office.
Update 1:45 p.m.: Mooretown Road has been reopened, according to an alert from the York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office.
A woman has been hospitalized and a man is dead following a shooting in the York County area of Williamsburg Sunday morning, police say.
York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to the area of Mooretown and Ewell Road around 8:44 a.m. Sunday after reports of a shooting, according to YPSO spokeswoman Shelley Ward.
Police found a woman suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. She was transported to a nearby hospital.
Another person, a man, was found dead. The two were not inside a residence when they were found, Ward said.
Police had not classified the shooting as a criminal homicide or murder by 11:50 a.m. Sunday.
“At this point, it is just a death investigation,” Ward said.
Mooretown Road was shut down in the area of the Ewell Industrial Park Sunday morning while investigators worked the scene.
At 11:50 a.m., roadways were blocked from Henderson Towing to the first entrance of the Ewell Industrial Park (closest to Airport Road).
“Please avoid this area until further notice,” Ward said.
This article will be updated as more information becomes available.
