A hit-and-run investigation turned deadly Friday night when a U.S. Navy sailor was shot and killed by a Virginia air station security officer investigating base damage near the scene of the accident.
(FOX)- The sailor, who was not identified, was shot at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach and died soon after at a nearby hospital, The Virginian-Pilot reported.
The man was struck by a security officer who fired “for his safety and for the safety of other personnel in the area,” NAS spokeswoman Jennifer Colaizzi told The Daily Press. Colaizzi didn’t cite a specific action taken by the sailor that prompted the shooting and noted the incident remained under investigation.
The episode began when Virginia Beach Police were called to a hit-and-run at an intersection near the air station just before 10 p.m. on Friday. No injuries were reported but police obtained a description of the vehicle that fled the scene, The Pilot reported.
Virginia police couldn’t confirm to Fox News that the hit-and-run suspect and the man who was shot were the same person; however, the sailor’s vehicle bore a resemblance to the description of the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run, WAVY reported.