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Man arrested in connection with shooting at Hampton restaurant

HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) – A man has been arrested in connection with a May 4 shooting at a Hampton Restaurant.

Maurice Hill (Courtesy: Hampton Police Division)

Police were dispatched to Coasters Beach Grill just before midnight on May 4 for reports of gunshots.


Officers arrived to the scene and found a man, an employee of the business, suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds.

According to the owner of the restaurant, after a customer didn’t pay his bill, one of their security guards followed him outside and across the street, then shots were fired.

45-year-old Maurice Dontai Hill was taken into custody without incident on May 24 and charged with maiming, use of a firearm in a felony, possession of a firearm by a felon, shooting a firearm in public and shooting within city limits in connection with the incident.

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