One person dead following shooting incident in Virginia

VIRGINIA — One person is dead and four others are injured after a shooting early Sunday morning during a large outdoor gathering in Danville.

Police responded just before 1:30 a.m. to the area of Carver Drive and Cheyenne Drive following reports of multiple gunshots.

When officers arrived, they found a Chrysler sedan in the roadway. Inside the vehicle, 22-year-old Jay’Shaun Tiejae White of Hurt, Virginia, was in the front passenger seat with a gunshot wound to the upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, a 26-year-old man from Java, Virginia, was located on a nearby street with a gunshot wound and taken to Sovah Health Danville.

Shortly after, three more victims arrived at the hospital with injuries from the same incident.

The victims include a 31-year-old man, a 25-year-old man, and a 19-year-old woman, all from Danville.

The woman was treated and released, while the two men were transferred to other medical facilities for further treatment.

Police say the shooting occurred during a large gathering near Carver Drive and believe gunfire was exchanged between people at the event and those inside the Chrysler.

No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Danville Police Department at 434-799-6510 or Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000. Anonymous tips can also be submitted at p3tips.com. A cash reward may be offered for information that leads to an arrest and conviction.