PETERSBURG, Va. β Petersburg police are investigating a shooting that left two men with non-life threatening injuries Thursday night.
Investigators believing the incident occurred in the 1500 block of Rome Street around 6 p.m.
Police have cordoned off a sedan in the parking lot at the Perry Street Lofts, but investigators say this is not where the shooting took place. The vehicle, which shows evidence of being shot at multiple times, is about a mile away from the actual crime scene.
"Officers arrived on scene. We found one male victim, non-life threatening injuries, and at that time we also received a second call to a nearby location just on Rome Street in which possible shots had been fired as well," a police spokesperson said.
The first call about shots fired came from a woman in the parking lot of the Perry Lofts on Perry Street. A second victim was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries from the Rome Street location.
Forensics teams were photographing evidence inside the sedan, which police say was shot at several times during the incident.
Investigators are now working with the woman who was driving the car and other witnesses to determine what triggered the violence Thursday evening.
"We believe that those individuals that's involved in this situation, of course they know something," the spokesperson said. "And if we're gonna be successful in bringing this case to a close, we're gonna need the assistance of the public, especially those involved."
Sources tell CBS 6 that Petersburg police are not receiving much cooperation from the victims in this case.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Petersburg Crime Solvers at 804-861-1212.
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