Man dies following shooting in Portsmouth Sunday night

PORTSMOUTH, Va.(WAVY)– A man is dead following a Sunday night shooting in Portsmouth.

Officers were called to the 1100 block of Mt. Vernon Avenue at 10:38 p.m. for a shooting that involved a car crash.

When officers arrived on scene, they found 28-year-old Zavier Tyrone Allen Johnson III suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.

Johnson was transported to a local hospital where he later died from his injuries.

The Portsmouth Police Department’s Major Crime Unit is still investigating this incident.

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