VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Police are investigating shootings that left eight people hospitalized and two people dead.Around 11:22 p.m.
Friday, Virginia Beach police officers found several people suffering from gunshot wounds while patroling Atlantic Avenue.According to a news release, the eight victims were transported to a hospital with injuries ranging from serious to life-threatening.In a news briefing from the scene of the shooting, Chief Paul Neudigate said an officer was transported to a hospital with minor injuries after being struck by a car.A woman died of a gunshot wound at the scene, but Neudigate said her death possibly stemmed from another unrelated shooting.While still working the scene of the first shooting, investigators heard.