Police arrest 1, wound 1 in I-64 case
Published: March 28, 2008 at 4:34 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 28 (UPI) -- Police said they arrested one person and shot and wounded another when officers searched a house in connection with the I-64 sniper shootings in Virginia.
Authorities said Slade Woodson, 19, of Afton, Va., was arrested Friday and charged with two felonies related to shootings Thursday in Waynesboro, Va., but was not charged in the I-64 shootings in which two motorists were injured, Media General New Service reported.
Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police superintendent, said Woodson was being interviewed at the Albemarle County Sheriff's Department and "is considered a suspect in the Interstate 64 shootings."
Woodson was one of five people in a house where police executed the warrant, Flaherty said. Another person was armed and confronted police, who shot him, he said. The injured person was being treated at an area hospital.
Woodson was charged in connection with the shootings at a credit union and a private home in Waynesboro, Flaherty said.
Flaherty said Woodson is the owner of the vehicle police suspect was used in Thursday's I-64 shootings in which two people sustained minor injuries.
He said police believe others were involved in the I-64 shootings.
Authorities said Slade Woodson, 19, of Afton, Va., was arrested Friday and charged with two felonies related to shootings Thursday in Waynesboro, Va., but was not charged in the I-64 shootings in which two motorists were injured, Media General New Service reported.
Col. W. Steven Flaherty, Virginia State Police superintendent, said Woodson was being interviewed at the Albemarle County Sheriff's Department and "is considered a suspect in the Interstate 64 shootings."
Woodson was one of five people in a house where police executed the warrant, Flaherty said. Another person was armed and confronted police, who shot him, he said. The injured person was being treated at an area hospital.
Woodson was charged in connection with the shootings at a credit union and a private home in Waynesboro, Flaherty said.
Flaherty said Woodson is the owner of the vehicle police suspect was used in Thursday's I-64 shootings in which two people sustained minor injuries.
He said police believe others were involved in the I-64 shootings.
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