{"id":1046,"date":"2022-03-21T20:31:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/25-year-old-former-atlanta-reporter-killed-in-double-shooting-outside-virginia-club-wsb-atlanta\/"},"modified":"2022-03-21T20:31:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T20:31:53","slug":"25-year-old-former-atlanta-reporter-killed-in-double-shooting-outside-virginia-club-wsb-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/21\/25-year-old-former-atlanta-reporter-killed-in-double-shooting-outside-virginia-club-wsb-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"25-year-old former Atlanta reporter killed in double shooting outside Virginia club – WSB Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"

NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia newspaper reporter was one of two people killed during a shooting early Saturday outside a restaurant and bar, authorities said.
Sierra Jenkins, 25, who covered education for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after the shooting outside Chicho\u2019s Pizza Backstage, according to officials.
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Norfolk police detectives were investigating the shooting, which also resulted in injuries to three others. Jenkins was caught in the crossfire as she was leaving the bar, restaurant manager Rory Schindel told<\/a> the newspaper. No arrests had been announced as of Saturday afternoon.
Jenkins grew up in Norfolk and graduated from Georgia State University. She worked as an intern at Atlanta Magazine and CNN before joining The Pilot in December 2020.
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\u201cSierra was a bright and talented woman with so much going for her. Her passion for journalism was undeniable and our community is better because of her reporting,\u201d said Kris Worrell, editor-in-chief of Virginia Media, which operates The Virginian-Pilot and several other newspapers. \u201cSierra was funny and energetic and full of enthusiasm. We are absolutely heartbroken.\u201d
Schindel said bartenders had announced last call for drinks and turned up the lights at about 1:30 a.m. An argument began outside as people started to leave, and shots rang out soon afterward, the newspaper reported.
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Norfolk police identified the other person killed as Devon M. Harris, 25, of Portsmouth. Another woman had a life-threatening gunshot wound, while two more men received gunshot wounds that were not life-threatening, police said in a news release.
Jenkins father, Maurice Jenkins of Virginia Beach, told the newspaper his daughter \u201cwasn\u2019t much of a going-out kind of person at all,\u201d but had a friend visiting the area who wanted to go out. Chicho\u2019s Pizza Backstage was next to Tidewater Community College\u2019s downtown Norfolk campus.
Sierra Jenkins\u2019s birthday was last weekend. She got her first apartment in Virginia Beach a month ago after having lived with family, the newspaper reported.
Some top statewide leaders mourned the deaths Saturday.
\u201cOur hearts are breaking for the lives lost in Norfolk, including Sierra Jenkins,\u201d Gov. Glenn Youngkin tweeted. \u201cThe First Lady and I are praying for their families, friends, and the Virginian-Pilot community.\u201d
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