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Electrical contractors from Richmond/Chesterfield were staying at a Norfolk hotel while working at a local school making lighting upgrades. Three robbers knocked on their hotel room door and burst in when they answered the door and attempted to rob them. One contracter had a CHP and a handgun.He was wounded in the ensuing shootout, but managed to kill one robber and mortally wound a the second. The third robber managed to escape. :what:Not bad. Two out of three after being shot himself.
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/second-man-dies-norfolk-hotel-gunfight
Second man dies from Norfolk hotel gunfight
NORFOLK
A second man has died as the result of a gunfight inside a motel room, and police said Friday that an attempted robbery appeared to be what set things off.
Trevor L. Pauley, 20, of Norfolk had been hospitalized in grave condition after the incident early Thursday at the Econo Lodge at 865 N. Military Hwy. A Sentara Norfolk General Hospital spokeswoman said Pauley died about 1:45 a.m. Friday.
Police said Pauley was one of three men, at least one of whom was armed, who forced their way shortly before 2:15 a.m. Thursday into a room occupied by two men, one of whom legally had a weapon.
Gunfire erupted, and one of those entering the room, Dante F. Cooley, 22, of Virginia Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cooley died from a gunshot wound to the back and Pauley from one to the head, the state medical examiner's office reported Friday.
The motel guest who shot Cooley and Pauley - his identity hasn't been released by police - also was wounded in the exchange and hospitalized, but his condition was improving, police said.
The third man who entered the room fled in a silver-colored vehicle, and police were still looking for him Friday, they said. The second motel guest wasn't injured, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, but no charges are expected from police, said Master Police Officer Chris Amos, department spokesman. The investigation results will be sent to the commonwealth's attorney, who will determine whether the fatal shootings were justified, he said.
"At this point, it looks like attempted robbery - nothing to do with drugs," Amos said. "It didn't pan out the way they expected."
Pauley's death was Norfolk's 27th homicide of the year, two of which were police shootings determined to be justified.
Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/norfolk-econo-lodge-shootout-leaves-1-dead-2-hurt
Norfolk Econo Lodge shootout leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt
NORFOLK
At least one of three men who forced their way into a Military Highway motel room was armed.
So was one of the two men occupying the room.
A shootout that ensued early Thursday left one of the room-crashers dead at the scene and another barely clinging to life, police said. One of the room occupants also was wounded, but his condition was improving, said Master Police Officer Chris Amos, department spokesman.
The second occupant was unhurt, and police were still looking for the third attacker, who fled in a silver vehicle, Amos said.
The death was Norfolk's 26th homicide of the year, two of which were police shootings determined to be justified.
That compares with 29 homicides all of last year, of which one was a justified police shooting, and 50 in 2007, including three justified police shootings, according to police records.
Pronounced dead at Thursday's scene was Dante Cooley, 22, of Virginia Beach.
Police said that shortly before 2:15 a.m., he and two other men knocked on a room door at the Econo Lodge, 835 N. Military Hwy. When the door opened, the three forced their way in, and the gunfight broke out, police said.
The motel is just off Virginia Beach Boulevard, across the street from The Gallery at Military Circle mall. Police reported 89 calls for service there in the past year - one every four days on average - with about a third for disorderly people or other disturbances. Remaining calls included three regarding weapons, and others for assaults, robberies and thefts.
The shooting death at the motel was one of 20 in the city this year that involved guns, not counting the two police shootings, Amos said. Killers used handguns 15 times and a shotgun once. The gun hasn't been determined in four other cases.
Other than that, "there's no pattern" that police can use to develop prevention strategies, Amos said.
"Most are not random," he said. "But it runs the gamut, from the robbery, to the home invasion, to the domestic."
Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com
Electrical contractors from Richmond/Chesterfield were staying at a Norfolk hotel while working at a local school making lighting upgrades. Three robbers knocked on their hotel room door and burst in when they answered the door and attempted to rob them. One contracter had a CHP and a handgun.He was wounded in the ensuing shootout, but managed to kill one robber and mortally wound a the second. The third robber managed to escape. :what:Not bad. Two out of three after being shot himself.
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/second-man-dies-norfolk-hotel-gunfight
Second man dies from Norfolk hotel gunfight
NORFOLK
A second man has died as the result of a gunfight inside a motel room, and police said Friday that an attempted robbery appeared to be what set things off.
Trevor L. Pauley, 20, of Norfolk had been hospitalized in grave condition after the incident early Thursday at the Econo Lodge at 865 N. Military Hwy. A Sentara Norfolk General Hospital spokeswoman said Pauley died about 1:45 a.m. Friday.
Police said Pauley was one of three men, at least one of whom was armed, who forced their way shortly before 2:15 a.m. Thursday into a room occupied by two men, one of whom legally had a weapon.
Gunfire erupted, and one of those entering the room, Dante F. Cooley, 22, of Virginia Beach, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cooley died from a gunshot wound to the back and Pauley from one to the head, the state medical examiner's office reported Friday.
The motel guest who shot Cooley and Pauley - his identity hasn't been released by police - also was wounded in the exchange and hospitalized, but his condition was improving, police said.
The third man who entered the room fled in a silver-colored vehicle, and police were still looking for him Friday, they said. The second motel guest wasn't injured, police said.
The investigation is ongoing, but no charges are expected from police, said Master Police Officer Chris Amos, department spokesman. The investigation results will be sent to the commonwealth's attorney, who will determine whether the fatal shootings were justified, he said.
"At this point, it looks like attempted robbery - nothing to do with drugs," Amos said. "It didn't pan out the way they expected."
Pauley's death was Norfolk's 27th homicide of the year, two of which were police shootings determined to be justified.
Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com
http://hamptonroads.com/2009/06/norfolk-econo-lodge-shootout-leaves-1-dead-2-hurt
Norfolk Econo Lodge shootout leaves 1 dead, 2 hurt
NORFOLK
At least one of three men who forced their way into a Military Highway motel room was armed.
So was one of the two men occupying the room.
A shootout that ensued early Thursday left one of the room-crashers dead at the scene and another barely clinging to life, police said. One of the room occupants also was wounded, but his condition was improving, said Master Police Officer Chris Amos, department spokesman.
The second occupant was unhurt, and police were still looking for the third attacker, who fled in a silver vehicle, Amos said.
The death was Norfolk's 26th homicide of the year, two of which were police shootings determined to be justified.
That compares with 29 homicides all of last year, of which one was a justified police shooting, and 50 in 2007, including three justified police shootings, according to police records.
Pronounced dead at Thursday's scene was Dante Cooley, 22, of Virginia Beach.
Police said that shortly before 2:15 a.m., he and two other men knocked on a room door at the Econo Lodge, 835 N. Military Hwy. When the door opened, the three forced their way in, and the gunfight broke out, police said.
The motel is just off Virginia Beach Boulevard, across the street from The Gallery at Military Circle mall. Police reported 89 calls for service there in the past year - one every four days on average - with about a third for disorderly people or other disturbances. Remaining calls included three regarding weapons, and others for assaults, robberies and thefts.
The shooting death at the motel was one of 20 in the city this year that involved guns, not counting the two police shootings, Amos said. Killers used handguns 15 times and a shotgun once. The gun hasn't been determined in four other cases.
Other than that, "there's no pattern" that police can use to develop prevention strategies, Amos said.
"Most are not random," he said. "But it runs the gamut, from the robbery, to the home invasion, to the domestic."
Matthew Bowers, (757) 222-3893, matthew.bowers@pilotonline.com
