Roanoke police investigating Sunday shooting death

Roanoke police investigating Sunday shooting death

Roanoke police are investigating a mysterious shooting death that happened early Sunday morning.

According to police, an officer heard shots fired near the Corner One store on Main Street at about 2:03 a.m.

Officers began searching the area, but never received a call from a victim or were able to pinpoint the location of the shots.

A short time later, officers reported hearing more gun shots coming from a different location. It was then that dispatchers received a call of shots fired into a vehicle at the intersection of Knight Avenue and Commerce Street.

Inside the vehicle, police found the body of Dwight Lamar Poole, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to call (334) 863-2121.