NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Three women are dead and two were injured following what police say was a “mass shooting” Wednesday evening in the Young Terrace neighborhood in Norfolk.

In an update around 10:25 p.m. Wednesday night, police said the man who shot the women had been taken into custody. His identity was not immediately released.

According to police dispatch, the shooting happened around 6 p.m. in the 800 block of Whitaker Lane.

Police Chief Larry Boone told WAVY 10 that five women were shot and three of them died. The two injured women were sent to a local hospital. The extent of their injuries has not yet been released.

A preliminary investigation of the incident revealed that a man shot a woman in what’s believed to be a domestic dispute. The man then shot four other women as they tried to help the first woman, according to Boone.