Editor called reporter to cover shooting at bar but wasn't able to reach her because she was killed

An editor for a Virginia newspaper found out his reporter was shot dead outside a bar when he tried to contact her to cover the shooting. Sierra Jenkins, 25, who worked as a breaking news reporter for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after the shooting outside Chicho's Pizza Backstage at around 1:55 am in the 300 block of Granby Street. Jenkins, pictured, died at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after the shooting outside Chicho's Pizza Backstage early Saturday morning A person walks by Chicho's Pizza Backstage, in Norfolk, Va., Saturday, March 19, 2022, where a fatal shooting took place outside the restaurant and bar earlier in the day. Devon M. Harris, 25, aka Malik Harris, was one of two people killed in Norfolk, Virginia, early on March 19, 2022 Jenkins, pictured, worked as an intern at Atlanta Magazine and CNN before joining The Pilot in December 2020 Jenkins, a Georgia State graduate, was caught in the crossfire as she was leaving the bar, restaurant manager Rory Schindel told the newspaper Pictured: Jenkins as a child. The 25-year-old Virginia newspaper reporter was one of two people killed during a shooting early Saturday outside a restaurant and bar Pictured: the 300 block of Granby Street, where Jenkins and Devon M. Harris were shot and killed early Saturday morning An argument began outside as people started to leave, and shots rang out soon afterward, the newspaper reported.