The city of Virginia Beach is seeing an alarming number of homicides involving teens and children.
In 2024, 50 percent of homicides in Virginia Beach involved a juvenile. Virginia Beach Police Chief Paul Neudigate says it’s something that needs to be addressed.
“What is concerning is the amount of youth that are involved in our homicides,” Neudigate said.
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The city of Virginia Beach has had 12 homicides so far in 2024, five of those being teens.
Chesapeake and Hampton are not too far behind with four juveniles in both cities.
In Portsmouth and Newport News, three juveniles were killed in each city.
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The cities that didn’t see any juveniles killed in homicides this year are Norfolk and Suffolk.