Man Found Dead on Steps of Norfolk Church

ALSO TONIGHT-- ANOTHER DEADLY SHOOTING IN ONE OF THE LAST PLACES YOU'D EXPECT. THIS ONE LEFT A MAN DEAD ON THE STEPS OF A DOWNTOWN NORFOLK CHURCH. 10 ON YOUR SIDE'S AVA HURDLE IS LIVE NOW ON EAST BUTE STREET. WITH THAT STORY. THE MAN WHO STILL HAS NOT DISCOVERED HERE AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH JUST BEFORE 6:30 THIS MORNING AFTER REPORT A SHOOTING. NUMBERED OUTSIDE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BUTE STREET WHERE THE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD. ARRIVING MEDICS MADE THE GRIM FIND ON THE CHURCH STEPS. AS DETECTIVES SPENT SEVERAL HOURS LOOKING FOR CLUES THE CHURCH'S PASTOR REFLECTED ON THE SCENE. HE THINKS THE MAN MAY HAVE BEEN SAFE AREA DOWNTOWN NOT AS PEOPLE MIGHT THINK. ITS JUST UNFORTUNATE IT HAPPENED. IT HAPPENED ON THE CHURCH STEPS. CHOPPER 10 WAS HIGH ABOVE RESPONDERS ARRIVED FOR A CALL OF A CALL CAME IN THAT WAY. WE CAN'T SAY THAT'S THE DETERMINATION FOR DEATH. HIS BODY WAS TAKEN TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF DEATH. RUNS=:18 TC:1/3:05 DR. ROBERT MURRAY: I'VE GOT MORE QUESTIONS THATN SOMEBODY'S SON, BROTHER, UNCLE. ITS A HUMAN BEING. THAT PERSON COULD HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD ANYWHERE. ITS JUST A LOSS OF LIFE. HE SAID THIS IS A FIRST IN HIS 29 YEARS AT THE CHURCH AND WONDERS IF THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE HOMELESS AREA. IF YOU WERE IN THIS AREA THIS MORNING AND SAW OR