COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. — A shooting outside a Colonial Heights apartment complex Friday morning led to a heavy police presence and SWAT team response.
Officers were called to the 1400 block of Branders Bridge Road at 11:45 a.m., according to Colonial Heights Police.
That is where officers found a man with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Police believed the suspect was still inside the apartment, so the SWAT team along with state police surrounded the unit.
However, no one was found inside.
The violence started due to an argument between the victim and another man and woman, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
Both the victim and suspect were known to each other, and were fighting over a girl, sources also told Burkett.
Rebecca James, who lives in the apartment complex where the shooting took place, says she just recently moved there.
"We had to close my job down for safety precautions so yes, I'm very scared," James said.
She was one of the few neighbors that watched the SWAT team respond from afar. The police activity now has her questioning her decision to move to the area.
"I can't get home," James said. "It's cold out here and I have no idea what's going on. I just want to go home."
Police are still searching for the suspect and the investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Colonial Heights Police at 804-520-9300 or the Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Crime Solvers at 804-748-0660.
This is a developing story. Email the CBS 6 Newsroom if you have additional information to share.
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