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A shooting in Hopewell's Piper Square Apartments left a man and a dog dead.

The suspect, now in custody, and the victim, a Black male, were Hopewell residents but did not live in the complex.

The incident occurred near a playground around 4:15 p.m. on June 4, 2025.

Hopewell Police have a suspect in custody in connection to an afternoon shooting inside an apartment community that left a man and a dog dead.

It happened around 4:15 p.m. June 4 near a playground at Piper Square Apartments off Courthouse Road, Police Chief Greg Taylor told The Progress-Index. Details leading up to the shooting are still being gathered, Taylor said.

Neither the suspect nor the victim was identified, but Taylor said the victim was a Black man. They were residents of Hopewell, but neither

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