One woman, two teens charged in Lynchburg homicide

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UPDATE (8:00 a.m. Monday): Police have charged two teens and one woman in connection with Sunday's shooting.

The 20-year-old victim in the homicide has been identified by police as Lawrence Maliek Giusto of Lynchburg.

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On Sunday, Lynchburg police arrested two teenagers, one 16 and one 17, and charged them with first degree murder in addition to several other charges.

Then this morning, officials arrested 22-year-old April Renae Bateman of Lynchburg and charged her with first degree murder along with other charges.

The investigation is ongoing.

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Lynchburg, Va. (WSLS) - Lynchburg Police are investigating a shooting that left a man dead.

Police say they received a call about shots fired in the 1600 block of Shaffer Street around 2:30 a.m.

Police say a short time later, a  20-year-old man arrived at the hospital from a gunshot wound related to the incident.

He was later pronounced dead.

Anyone with information is asked to call police.