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Double shooting leaves 1 dead in Petersburg

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Double shooting leaves 1 dead in Petersburg
Double shooting leaves 1 dead in Petersburg

Petersburg Police are investigating a double shooting that left one person dead and another person injured Thursday.

PETERSBURG POLICE SAY A DEATHINVESTIGATI IONS UNDERWAY AFTERSEVERAL PEOPLEWERE INJURED IN A DEADLYOVERNIGHTSHTOOING.CBS 6'S MATTHEW FULTZ ISOUTSIDE PETERSBURG POLICEHEADQUARTERS.MATTW HEPOLIEC HERE IN PETERSBURG NEEDYOUR HELP IN CATCHINGHO WPULLED THE TRIGGER OVERNIGHT--THAT HAS NOWLEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHERINJURED--AND THOSE I SKPOE WITH OFFCAMERATELL ME THIS GUN VIOLENCE ISGETTING TOO CLOSE TO HOME.ACCORDING TO THE PETERSBURGPOLICE TWITTER FEED-- THESHOOTING HAPPENED AROUNDMIDNIGHT THURSDAY MORNING--ALONG THE 700BLOCK OF BLICK STREET.POLICE AYS WHEN THEY ARRIVED ONSCENE-- THEY FOUND ONEFEMALE VICTIM IN CRITICALCONDITION AND ANOTHER WITHNON- LIFETHREATENING INJURESI.POLICE SAY THE FEMALE LATERDIED.THE PERSON I SPOKE WITH OFFCAMERA TELLS ME THEY WOKE UP TOTHE GUNSHOTS DINURG THE NIGHTAND SAYS THIS IS NOTHING NEW FORTHAT SECTION OF PETERSBURG--HOWEVER THEY TELL ME ITS A WAKEUP CALL THAT ITS NOW TIME TOMOVE.MEANWHILE POLICE ARE ASKING FORASSISTANCE IN THISINVESTIGATION-- ANYONE WITHINFORMATION IS ASKED TO GIVEPETERSBURGPOLICE A CALL.WORKING FOR YOU MATTHEW FULTZCBS 6 NEWS.

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