A man was shot multiple times in the 900 block of East Olney Road Thursday night and suffered life-threatening injuries, according to Norfolk Police. Officers in the area heard gunshots around 10:15 p.m. and found the victim in the Calvert Square neighborhood, where he was then taken to a hospital.
Police had not released the man's identity or any further information about his condition as of the latest update, according to WAVY.com. The station reported that officers responding to the gunfire found him with multiple gunshot wounds in the 900 block of E. Olney Road before he was rushed for treatment.
No arrests had been made and no suspect information had been released, per WTKR, which also confirmed that police have not provided additional details about the victim's condition. The outlet reported that the investigation remains active, with detectives still working to piece together what happened.
Calvert Square's Troubled History With Gun Violence
Thursday's shooting is not the first act of gun violence to strike this stretch of East Olney Road. A separate shooting proved fatal for a 56-year-old man, according to a report from pilotonline.com. First responders took the victim to a hospital, where he later died of his injuries, per a Norfolk Police Department statement cited by the outlet.
In a separate incident reported by WTKR, a woman was shot on Olney Road after reports of men arguing nearby; police described her as an innocent bystander and said her injuries were not life-threatening.
Norfolk's Homicide Numbers Climb Even as Violent Crime Falls
The shooting adds to a year in which Norfolk has seen a sharp rise in homicides even as other violent crime has trended downward. The city recorded 28 homicide incidents involving 29 victims through Aug. 25, a 65% jump from the 17 homicides tallied at the same point in 2025, according to pilotonline.com's analysis of police data. Twenty-three of those homicides were shootings, the outlet reported, while nonfatal shootings actually dipped slightly, with 16 reported in the first six months of the year compared to 17 over the same stretch in 2025.
At the same time, overall violent crime in Norfolk fell 3% year over year through Aug. 25, dropping from 532 to 517 reported crimes, per the same pilotonline.com report. The divergence underscores a pattern seen statewide: a report cited by WHRO found that Virginia's gun homicide rate between 2020 and 2024 matched the national average, with more than a quarter of the state's gun-related homicides concentrated in just four Hampton Roads cities — Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and Hampton.
Anyone with information about Thursday's shooting is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP. As of the latest reporting, the investigation remains ongoing, and no further details about the victim or any potential suspect had been made public.
