The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, March 12, 1995                 TAG: 9503120354
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B5   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

TRIPLE SHOOTING

A gunman walked into the Tropics Club II in the 1000 block of Brambleton Ave. and opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, according to Norfolk Police spokesman Larry Hill.

Wounded in the shooting were: Anderson E. DonMartin Jr., 21 and Linville Anderson, 27, both Jamaican men from New York; and Junior Simms, 29, from Hampton. Authorities believed all three men were staying in the Hampton-Newport News area. Each suffered bullet wounds to the buttocks and side. All were in stable condition at Norfolk Sentara Hospital.

The gunman is described as a black male. Police have not identified a motive. Anyone with information is asked to call Norfolk Crime Line at 441-5100.

KEYWORDS: SHOOTING ASSAULT INJURIES

by CNB