ISLE OF WIGHT -- One man was killed and three were injured in a shootout Thursday between men in two cars at a Sonic restaurant in Carrollton.

Witnesses described the scene in which a white Honda screeched into a parking lot of the restaurant on Carrollton Boulevard just after 5 p.m. and was cornered by a Jeep.

As customers lined up in the drive-in areas, men got out of the Jeep and began firing at men in the Honda, with at least one of the men in the Honda returning fire, witnesses said.

There was also a physical altercation outside of the cars between at least two of the men, they said.

There were two people in the Honda and at least two in the Jeep, said Isle of Wight spokesman Don Robertson.

One man was airlifted to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and the other three transported by ambulance to Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. One of the men died at a hospital, but Robertson did not release his identity.

"We're trying to put all of the pieces of the puzzle together," Robertson said. "We're getting conflicting information and we're trying to sift through all of it."

The incident occurred at the Eagle Harbor Shopping Center, about a mile from the James River Bridge on U.S. 17.

Investigators have not yet developed a motive for the crime.

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