Pictured are (from left) Godwin, Investigator Chuck McPherson, Lt. Gerald Goga and Capt. Shane Childress Photo By Linda Cicoira |
Maj. Todd Godwin said the victim died while being transported by Parksley ambulance to Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital a short time later.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the Accomack County Sheriff's Department at
787-1131 or 824-5666.
Source; http://www.easternshorepost.com/
UPDATE: 7.27.11The man shot in a church community center parking lot has been identified as Belarmino Escalante, age 25.
Escalante, a native of Guatemala, and had four young children. had worked at McDonald's in Onley and was also a chicken- catcher.
Escalante was also a member of the Candelero de Oro Church (once Godwin's Nursery) where the shooting occurred.
Witnesses at the scene said the fatal shooting happened after about a half-dozen men who were meeting in the church parking lot to share a ride to their job as chicken- catchers were confronted by a group of young black males who asked them if they wanted to buy marijuana.
When they declined, "they just shot the guy and drove away," a witness said.
Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Accomack County Sheriff's Office at 757-787-1131 or 757-824-5666.
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