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Man killed in Newport News shooting

Police are investigating the Saturday night shooting death as a homicide.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Newport News police are investigating a homicide after a shooting late Saturday evening.

Just after 10 p.m., an acoustic sensor called a Shotspotter activated in the 800 block of 33rd Street, indicating to police that a shooting had happened there. Officers were dispatched to the area and found a man with gunshot wounds.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Days later, police identified the victim as Demetrice Lee Bailey, a 47-year-old Newport News man. 

The investigation into the homicide is ongoing. If you have any information about this shooting, please call 911 or the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP, or submit a tip online at p3tips.com.

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