Police responded to the 6100 block of Old Townpoint Road following a report of a shooting at about 2 p.m. Officers found a man with a gunshot wound in his chest.

The victim later died at a hospital. The investigation is ongoing.

No further information was made available as of Monday evening.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

A school resource officer at Tabb High School learned the student had on Sunday posted on social media a threat to “shoot up the school,” according to a news release. The officer told school administrators about the threat and the student was interviewed.

The student is charged with one felony count of making threats of bodily injury to persons on school property.

Investigators with the York County Sheriff’s Office determined she did not have the means to carry out the threat.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

In Norfolk, the most significant delays will be along Interstate 64. The on-ramp to I-64 east from Northampton Boulevard will be closed from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sept. 8-12. Additionally, the off-ramp from I-64 east to Tidewater Drive south, Exit 277A, will be fully closed from as early as 10 p.m. to as late as 7 a.m. from Sept. 9-13, according to VDOT.

On Interstate 264 in Norfolk, the on and off ramps to and from Ballentine Boulevard (Exit 12) and Campostella Road (Exit 11) will be closed from as early as 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sept. 8-14.

Interstate 664 in Chesapeake will see the full closure of the off-ramp to Pughsville Road (Exit 10) from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sept. 8-12. On I-664 in Hampton and Newport News, there will be a full closure of the on and off ramps to and from Power Plant Parkway/Powhatan Parkway (Exit 2), Aberdeen Road (Exit 3), Chestnut Avenue/Roanoke Avenue (Exit 4), and 35th Street (Exit 5) from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sept. 8-11.

For the region’s bridges and tunnels, the most disruptions this week will be along the James River Bridge, where there will be alternating single-lane closures from 9 a.m. to as late as 3 p.m. in both directions on Sept. 9 and 11, in the southbound lanes on Sept. 10 and 12, and in the northbound lanes on Sept. 13.

The Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel will also have a single-lane closure in the westbound lanes from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Sept. 9-10.

For the full breakdown of stoppages across Hampton Roads, visit  511Virginia.org.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

The tractor-trailer was traveling west at about 9:36 a.m. when the raised bed collided with the sign for Exit 200. Virginia State Police said the collision caused the bed to separate from the cab and get stuck, propped up in the air at nearly a 90-degree angle, based on pictures of the incident.

The driver, 62-year-old Richard D. Houston of Lorton, wasn’t injured in the wreck. Houston is charged with reckless driving.

Emergency crews were able to remove the truck bed from leaning against the sign by about 11 a.m.

A state police spokesperson declined to comment on how this happened, saying the crash is under investigation.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

The Republican submitted a statement of organization with the Virginia Department of Elections. Any individual seeking public office in Virginia must file a statement of organization within 10 days of accepting or spending campaign funds or appointing a campaign treasurer. The paperwork states that a contribution was first accepted, and an expenditure made, on Wednesday.

Then she made her formal public announcement Thursday night in front of at least 200 supporters at Chick’s Oyster Bar restaurant in Virginia Beach, including city Mayor Bobby Dyer.

“With your support we can secure the future of Virginia and make sure that the values that we cherish remain strong for generations to come. So let’s roll up our sleeves. Let’s get to work, let’s get to work, lets get to work!” she told the crowd.

Dyer was among the opening speakers, and he led the crowd in the Pledge of Allegiance.

“How about this folks? How about we take this November’s election and victory and let’s put a Marine in the Governor’s Mansion next year!” he said.

Earle-Sears was elected lieutenant governor in 2021. She is the first woman to hold the position in Virginia and the first Black woman to hold statewide office.

Earle-Sears is the first Republican to announce a bid, although state Attorney General Jason Miyares is expected to run as well. He released a statement on social media Thursday saying the party should be focused on winning races this year.

U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger is the only declared Democratic candidate so far. She has raised about $7 million as of June 30, according to the Virginia Public Access Project, a nonpartisan organization that tracks campaign donations.

Earle-Sears told the story of her father’s immigration from Jamaica in 1963, just days before Martin Luther King Jr.‘s “I Have a Dream” speech.

“It was the height of the Civil Rights Movement, but folks, it is no longer 1963. This is two-zero-two-four,” she said. “Things have changed, have they not? Of course they have, because how else could I be second in command in the former capital of the Confederate states? The Klan is turning over in their grave.”

Earle-Sears served four years in the Marines, working as an electrician. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Old Dominion University and a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regent University.

In a Thursday news release, Democratic Party of Virginia Chairwoman Susan Swecker criticized Earle-Sears as a far-right “extremist.”

“If elected governor, she’d unleash her radical agenda: outlawing abortions, rolling back gun safety measures, dismantling LGBTQ+ rights, gutting healthcare for millions, and slashing funding for public schools,” Swecker said.

Katie King, katie.king@virginiamedia.com

Gavin Stone, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

Photos: Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears announces run for governor

Emergency personnel were called to the 300 block of E. Ocean View Avenue near the intersection with Wells Parkway following a report of a crash involving a pedestrian at about 7:50 p.m. They found a woman with life-threatening injuries who later died at the hospital.

The driver remained at the scene. The woman’s name has not been released.

No further information has been made available as of Wednesday afternoon. The investigation is ongoing.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

A legal complaint filed by Mark Bohenstiel names his opponent, John Sutton III, along with the City of Virginia Beach, and the city’s Director of Elections and three Electoral Board members as co-defendants. Bohenstiel alleges that 14 of Sutton’s petition signatures are dated Feb. 4, 2024, while the witness’s signature is dated the prior day — therefore his candidacy is invalid because he would not have reached the required 125 signatures.

Presiding Circuit Court Judge Afshin Farashahi said he would rule on the matter this week so that it could be resolved prior to ballots officially being printed.

Following the brief hearing, Sutton called the complaint “frivolous” and said it is an example of his opponent engaging in the “politics of personal destruction.”

“In my 18 years as a teacher and administrator, my integrity has never been questioned,” Sutton said in an interview.

John Kaptan, Bohenstiel’s attorney, said after the hearing that the citizens of Virginia Beach deserve “qualified” candidates for school board. Asked if he was referring to whether Sutton was personally qualified or legally qualified, Kaptan said his words “speak for themselves.”

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

The CW held sway over WGNT’s 8-10 p.m. slots Monday through Friday and 7-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, but now the local station will have control over the programming during these times, explained Adam Chase, vice president and general manager of WTKR-WGNT. WTKR’s programming is not affected by this change.

“Basically what we did is we just said WGNT stays exactly the same except we’re taking back those hours that the CW programs were airing,” Chase said in an interview, adding “now we fully control what goes in (those time slots) and we’re not relying on the network to place their shows.”

In terms of channels, WAVY’s CW lineup including live sports and special events will be on their digital subchannel 43.2, according to a May news release. For those with FiOS, WGNT will change from channel 7 to channel 6, and those with Cox will go from channel 7 to channel 44. WGNT’s channel won’t change for any other providers, according to Chase.

Some of the new shows coming to WGNT include popular crime shows Chicago P.D. and Forensic Files, along with more local news coverage. By becoming the local CW affiliate, WAVY will now broadcast shows including The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show, Friends and more.

These changes come after Nexstar Media Group, which owns WAVY and is the parent company of CW, decided not to renew the CW affiliations with E.W. Scripps-owned stations in seven markets, including Norfolk. Scripps owns WTKR and WGNT.

In an article posted Friday, WTKR said this change will allow E.W. Scripps to “enrich its offerings with locally produced content, thereby strengthening its connection with the communities it serves.”

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

Tyosha Mitchell was the highest ranking female member of a Norfolk-based gang called the Mad Stone Bloods, a subset of the larger Black P. Stone Nation gang, according to police. As a condition of exiting the group, she had to be “beaten out,” court documents show.

A group of four gang members — Hezekiah Carney, 25, of Norfolk; Jamica Langley, 25, of Richmond; Donnisha Goodman, 27, of Portsmouth, and Acacia Jackson, 19, of New York — traveled to Mitchell’s Richmond apartment to beat her in the early morning hours May 6, 2023. They left only to return an hour later, this time with Jayquan Jones, 21, of Richmond. Some members of the group were armed and wore masks.

The group attacked Mitchell again, then took her away in a vehicle. They drove about an hour east to a remote area in Yorktown on Old Williamsburg Road, about halfway between Riverwalk Townes town houses and Colonial National Historical Parkway. There, the five members took her out of the car and shot her.

Her body was discovered by a jogger about 6:30 a.m. that morning near the tree line about 10 feet from Old Williamsburg Road. She had been shot eight times in the head, abdomen, back, buttocks and legs, according to the medical examiner.

Carney then told the others to avoid capture by burning their clothes, staying together and not speaking to police, prosecutors said. The vehicle used to take Mitchell away was found May 7, with Jackson, Goodman and Langley inside, along with substantial evidence, including multiple cellphones, a black mask and a bullet matching the shell casings found at the shooting site.

Carney, Goodman and Jones pleaded guilty to using a firearm to cause death and each faces a minimum of 35 years in prison with a maximum of 45. Jackson and Langley pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and face up to life in prison.

Jackson is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 31; Langley on Nov. 7; Goodman on Jan. 7; and Carney and Jones on Jan. 9

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com

The agency issued four new recommendations and reiterated two previous ones aimed at preventing such wrecks. In December 2022, a Triton Logistics truck rear-ended a Futrell’s Party Adventures bus on Interstate 64 in York County, killing three passengers, seriously injuring nine and leaving 11 with minor injuries.

The bus was traveling between 20-25 mph in the right line at the time while the truck was going 65-70 mph, with cruise control engaged. The truck’s driver did not use the brakes or take any evasive action, according to the NTSB. His lack of response “was due to fatigue from excess driving time and lack of sleep opportunity,” the agency found.

“The truck’s motor carrier, Triton Logistics, created fictitious driver accounts for its vehicles’ electronic logging device systems that allowed drivers to exceed federal hours-of-service regulations and drive while fatigued,” the NTSB said in a release. “The investigation also determined that the bus’s significantly slower speed contributed to the severity of the crash.”

The Virginian-Pilot reported in March that the driver told investigators he would call Triton, which would then electronically switch his truck to being driven by a fake “co-driver” while the original driver continued on, restarting his hours.

The new recommendations are as follows:

• that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration strengthen electronic logging device requirements to prevent opportunities for the creation of fake driver accounts.
• that Virginia offer management safety guidance to new intrastate motor carrier licensees covering license class, drug and alcohol testing, fatigue management, vehicle maintenance, and safe commercial vehicle operation.
• that Triton regularly verify the accuracy of drivers’ records of duty, implement a robust fatigue management program, and use onboard inward- and forward-facing video event recording to improve driver training.
• that the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance should use this crash to educate its members on the importance of safeguarding the electronic logging device system to prevent falsification of information.

Additionally, the NTSB recommends that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration develop and apply performance standards for forward collision avoidance systems in commercial vehicles and that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration provide guidance to motor carriers on how to use video recordings to ensure that drivers comply with regulations.

Gavin Stone, 757-712-4806, gavin.stone@virginiamedia.com