NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WVEC) — A man and a woman were shot and killed on Wednesday, police said.
The victims have been identified as 45-year-old Natacha Rodriguez-Cruz and her husband, 41-year-old Marcos Vasquez, PIO Kelly King said.
Around 4 p.m. officers were dispatched to the 500th block of Ashton Green Boulevard. Arriving officers found a man and a woman suffering from gunshot wounds.
Both victims were pronounced dead at 4:28 p.m. The incident appears to be domestic-related and the public is not in danger, Kelly added.
Police found the couple after Cruz’s nephew allegedly called her all afternoon. When Cruz didn’t pick up the phone, he went to her house. Cruz’s next-door neighbor Jeral Williams was working outside at the time.
“He came over to my house and asked if I’d seen his aunt, and I told him, no, but I noticed the car door was open all day,” said Williams.
Williams told the nephew that he did notice Cruz’s car door was open all day long in the driveaway. Williams then advised the nephew to check around the outside of the house. William said that not long after the nephew came screaming from behind the couple’s home.
“He said call the police, and he went running down the road. So, I went running down the road and called out – are they alright? I called the police,” said Williams.
The nephew allegedly told Williams that he saw his aunt through the back window.
“He said I think I just saw my aunt on the floor laying down in a puddle of blood,” said Williams.
According to police, the investigation is ongoing.
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