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Young journalist among 2 killed in Norfolk shooting
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Young journalist among 2 killed in Norfolk shooting
By Gillian Brockell
Yesterday at 5:51 p.m. EDT
Two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting outside a popular Norfolk restaurant early Saturday morning, police said. Sierra M. Jenkins, a 25-year-old journalist for the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, was among those killed, her employer and police confirmed.
Police received reports of a shooting outside Chicho’s Pizza Backstage shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived they found five people had been shot. One of them, Devon M. Harris, 25, of Portsmouth, was pronounced dead at the scene. Jenkins and three male gunshot victims were transported to the hospital, where Jenkins died of her injuries.
A Chicho’s manager told the Pilot an argument broke out in front of the restaurant before he heard gunfire. Jenkins was leaving the restaurant and was caught in the crossfire, he said.
Jane Harper, a colleague of Jenkins’s, said on Twitter that Jenkins was scheduled to work Saturday, and Harper was asked to fill in when editors couldn’t reach Jenkins. She soon “found out why,” she said, and ended up writing the story about her co-worker’s death.
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By Gillian Brockell
Gillian Brockell is a staff writer for The Washington Post's history blog, Retropolis. She has been at The Post since 2013 and previously worked as a video editor. Twitter https://twitter.com/gbrockell
Young journalist among 2 killed in Norfolk shooting
By Gillian Brockell
Yesterday at 5:51 p.m. EDT
Two people were killed and three others wounded in a shooting outside a popular Norfolk restaurant early Saturday morning, police said. Sierra M. Jenkins, a 25-year-old journalist for the Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press, was among those killed, her employer and police confirmed.
Police received reports of a shooting outside Chicho’s Pizza Backstage shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. When officers arrived they found five people had been shot. One of them, Devon M. Harris, 25, of Portsmouth, was pronounced dead at the scene. Jenkins and three male gunshot victims were transported to the hospital, where Jenkins died of her injuries.
A Chicho’s manager told the Pilot an argument broke out in front of the restaurant before he heard gunfire. Jenkins was leaving the restaurant and was caught in the crossfire, he said.
Jane Harper, a colleague of Jenkins’s, said on Twitter that Jenkins was scheduled to work Saturday, and Harper was asked to fill in when editors couldn’t reach Jenkins. She soon “found out why,” she said, and ended up writing the story about her co-worker’s death.
Link to tweet
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By Gillian Brockell
Gillian Brockell is a staff writer for The Washington Post's history blog, Retropolis. She has been at The Post since 2013 and previously worked as a video editor. Twitter https://twitter.com/gbrockell
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