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Lynchburg police identify victim in deadly shooting investigation

Police say they were responding to a call of shots fired early this morning.

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LYNCHBURG, Va. – Lynchburg police are investigating after responding to a shots fired call early Saturday morning around 2:30.

Officers were called to the 1100 block of 18th Street where they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head.

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Police say he was lying in the middle of the roadway.

Life-saving efforts were attempted, but he died on scene.

Police have identified him as Andra Watson of Lynchburg,

While Watson was being treated, police say a separate victim was taken to the Lynchburg General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head from the same shots fired incident.

The woman was then flown to a hospital outside our region.

Her condition is unknown.

Police are considering this a homicide investigation.

 


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