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Police: Man charged with first-degree murder after 69-year-old man shot to death in Chesapeake

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — A man has been arrested after a Sunday night homicide in the Indian River section of the city.

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Police announced Tuesday that 33-year-old Thomas L. Ireland has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of 69-year-old Roger Hardy. Both are from Chesapeake.


Thomas Ireland (Courtesy of Chesapeake police)

According to police, Hardy was shot around 10:05 p.m. in the 2000 block of Timber Lane. That’s near the intersection of Border Road and Campostella Road.

Officers pronounced Hardy dead at the scene.

No other details in the case have been released.

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