HAMPTON — Police are investigating a shooting that injured two people Friday night.
It happened shortly before 8 p.m. in the area of West Taylor Avenue and Old Buckroe Road, authorities said.
Police said officers who responded to the scene found an 18-year-old Hampton man and a 16-yerar-old boy, also from Hampton, “suffering from gunshot wounds.”
“Both victims were transported to a local hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries,” police said in a news release.
An initial investigation indicated the 16-year-old got into a fight with an “unknown subject.”
“During the conflict both parties displayed handguns and exchanged gunfire,” police said. “As a result of the shots fired, both the 16-year-old and the 18-year-old subject sustained gunshot wounds. The other involved shooter fled from the scene.”
The identities of those involved in the incident as well as other deatils were not immediately released.
Authorities are asking anyone who may have any information about the shooting to call the Hampton Police Division at 757-727-6111 or the Crime Line at 888-LOCK-U-UP.
