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

DATE: Saturday, December 30, 1995            TAG: 9512300360
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   27 lines

SHOTS ARE FIRED AT POLICE OFFICER ON INTERSTATE

A police officer was shot at early Thursday as he was trying to assist a disabled vehicle on Interstate 264 at Portsmouth Boulevard.

Officer J.T. Lee had stopped to assist a car shortly after midnight when someone traveling westbound in another vehicle fired several shots in Smith's direction.

A pursuit was started by the Portsmouth Police, Chesapeake Police, and Virginia State Police, but was discontinued when the suspect turned off the vehicle's lights.

The vehicle is described as a black 1995 Toyota Supra two-door, bearing Virginia license plates.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call Portsmouth Police at 393-8536 or Crime Line at 488-7777.

KEYWORDS: SHOOTING PORTSMOUTH POLICE by CNB