UPDATE 4:50 p.m. (6/10/2022) — Roanoke Police identified the man who was found dead in northwest Roanoke early Thursday morning.

Police say 23-year-old Chris L. Graves of Roanoke was shot and killed around midnight on Thursday, June 9 in the 700 block of Hunt Avenue NW.

The shooting remains under investigation.



ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — Police say that a man was found dead overnight in northwest Roanoke.

The shooting was reported at approximately midnight on Thursday, June 9 in the 700 block of Hunt Avenue NW, according to the Roanoke Police Department. When police arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound in the parking lot. Roanoke Fire-EMS pronounced the man dead at the scene.

Police say no arrests have been made in this ongoing homicide investigation.

If you have any information about the incident, you are asked to call Roanoke Police at 540-344-8500. You can remain anonymous.