DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. — A teenager from Chesterfield died in a shooting and crash on Interstate 85 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, according to Virginia State Police.
Police responded to the shooting, near U.S. Route 1, at about 10:50 a.m. Tuesday.
"As a 2017 Kia Optima was traveling southbound on I-85, it was fired at by a passing vehicle," a Virginia State Police spokesperson wrote in an email about the shooting. "Immediately following the shooting, the sedan crossed the southbound lanes of 85 and crashed on the right shoulder on I-85."
The victim was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, where she later died. Police said she was identified as 19-year-old T'miya Murphy from South Chesterfield.
"At this time, we have no reason to believe that this was a road rage incident," Virginia State Police spokesperson Sgt. Jessica Shehan said at the scene. "We've had no other people come forward and no other witnesses or anything that suggested it was a road rage incident. Everything is under investigation at this point and we hope to have some answers."
All southbound travel lanes were closed at mile marker 63 while troopers investigated the shooting.
Anyone with information was asked to call Virginia State Police at 804-609-5656 or #77 from a cell phone.
This is a developing story, so anyone with more information can email newstips@wtvr.com to send a tip.
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