Two Dead After Trip To Store

"VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Police responded to a parking lot in the 800 block of Baker Road shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday to find two people suffering from gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, police said. Chiquita Long, 36, died at the scene. Rahkim Goodwin, 20, died later that evening at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

"Evidence found at the scene led detectives to believe that Goodwin shot Long and then himself, said Officer Adam Bernstein, a police spokesman. Autopsy results today confirmed that information, he said.

"Long died of a gunshot wound to the head, said Donna Price, an administrator for the medical examiner’s office. Her death was a homicide, she said.

"Goodwin also died of a gunshot wound to the head, Price said. His death was a suicide, she said.

"Long and Goodwin were in a relationship and had one child together, a six-month-old boy, said Goodwin’s uncle, Daniel Goodwin. Long also had five other children, her family said.

"They both lived in Norfolk.

"The shooting occurred in a parking lot shared by a beauty supply store, a night club and a 7-Eleven. Long, Goodwin and Long’s mother drove there together Sunday, and Long’s mother went inside the beauty supply store, Bernstein said.

"When she left the store, she found Long and Goodwin suffering from gunshot wounds inside the vehicle, he said."

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