A 19-year-old Norfolk, Virginia man is in custody after being accused of fatally shooting three women and wounding two women in the Young Terrace housing development in Norfolk.
According to the Virginian Pilot, Ziontay Brian Ricardo Palmer, shot and killed Nicole Lovewine, her partner, Detra Brown and Sara Costine.
Around 6 p.m on Nov. 3, Lowewine, Brown and Costine were outside when Lovewine’s 19-year-old daughter pulled up in her car with Palmer in the passenger seat.
After she exited the car, Palmer began shooting, hitting her in the shoulder and killing Lovewine, Brown and Costine. An unidentified 39-year-old woman was also shot. The women were all shot while trying to help Lovewine’s daughter, WAVY 10 News reported.
“The young lady was in the back and the gentleman shot her, and then he approached the mom and her girlfriend and shot them and then two neighbors who tried to help he shot them too,” the neighbor who wanted to remain anonymous told WAVY.
The neighbor added that the women were “shot execution-style.”
Palmer was arrested and taken into custody a few hours later and charged with three counts of second-degree murder, two counts of malicious wounding along with a slew of firearm charges.
Palmer opened fire while many children were outside playing and they witnessed the tragic shooting. One of the children was Lovewine’s young son, who another unidentified neighbor told the Pilot was 10 or 11-years-old.
Norfolk Police Chief Larry Boone was highly concerned about the children who saw this terrible incident.
“They probably had to walk to school right through that,” Boone told the Pilot. “It breaks my heart to look at those young kids … trying to process what they’re looking at. I’m a grown man with 30 years of police experience and it shook me to my core. I can only imagine what it did to those kids.”
A GoFundMe has been created for Costine’s family. She left behind six children. So far, $1,565 raised of the $20,000 goal has been raised.
Latest Stories
-
NGO empowers women and girls with disabilities
2 mins -
Guinness World Records: Nigerian woman paints nails for three days
10 mins -
Season 2 of ‘I’m in Love with Boma Ye’ returns this May on Joy Prime
12 mins -
Akufo-Addo’s disrespect of chiefs won’t be tolerated – Haruna Iddrisu
17 mins -
Chalobah and Jackson score as Chelsea defeat Tottenham
20 mins -
NPP praises Police, EC for successful Ejisu by-election
37 mins -
2024 Ramadan Cup: Bawumia donates 20,000 to four teams as Ashaiman lifts trophy
39 mins -
PMI Ghana Chapter members tour Kasoa BSP Project
39 mins -
Child Rights International pledges support for toddler mauled by dog
41 mins -
Cedi’s woes due to diminishing expectations of investors concern about Ghana’s competitiveness – Prof. Peprah
47 mins -
EIU optimistic Ghana’s debt-carrying capacity could easily improve in future
1 hour -
Access Bank Ghana Plc records commendable financial growth in quarter one, 2024
3 hours -
GFA DC charges Bashir Hayford over alleged misconduct in Bechem Utd game
3 hours -
MTN FA Cup: Dreams FC beat Soccer Intellectuals to make semis
4 hours -
Ayorkor Botchwey champions transformative investment, trade agenda
4 hours