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Police Investigate I-64 Sniper Shootings - Search Warrant Served - Arrests Made

March 27, 2008

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UPDATE: A 19-year-old man was taken into custody Friday morning in connection with a shooting spree along Interstate 64 and officers exchanged gunfire with a second, armed man who confronted them during the arrest at a farmhouse, Virginia State Police said.

Col. Steve Flaherty identified the suspect as Slade Allen Woodson of Afton, Va., and said the second man whom they shot was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. He didn’t know his condition.

Woodson was charged in a separate bank shooting that happened early Thursday morning, but police say more charges are possible.

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UPDATE: At least one person has been arrested in connection with a shooting spree along Interstate 64, a police source told the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The news came shortly after a search warrant was served at a house in Crozet, Va., Friday in the case.

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UPDATE: A search warrant was served at a house in Crozet, Va., Friday in connection with a shooting spree along Interstate 64, state police said.

The warrant was executed at a rural residence called Yonder Hill Farm in Albemarle County and was related to the six-vehicle I-64 shootings early Thursday morning, said Virginia State Police Lt. Tim Hopwood. He was tight-lipped on further details. A press conference was planned for 10 a.m. EDT on Friday.

State and local police have also been investigating whether shots fired at a bank building and in a residential Virginia neighborhood could be tied to the I-64 shootings.

Police said shots were fired at a Dupont Community Credit Union in Waynesboro, Va., between midnight and 2 a.m. Thursday — the same time police were getting reports of someone shooting at vehicles on I-64 between Waynesboro and Charlottesville.

Bullets struck a window and part of the bank building, as well as a van parked in the lot. No one was injured.

Surveillance video showed a light-colored 1970s AMC Gremlin with a dark horizontal stripe.

Police also got a call at 12:30 a.m. about shots fired in a Waynesboro neighborhood, and later discovered a bullet hole in a house along with a shell casing. A witness mentioned seeing a car that looked similar to the Gremlin.

Police confiscated the car late Thursday. They found it unoccupied at the Greene and Albemarle county line.

The spree had motorists and police on edge in a region where memories of the deadly Beltway snipers still haven’t faded.

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Original Story
A 20-mile stretch of Interstate 64 between Charlottesville and Waynesboro was closed overnight as Virginia State Police tried to find someone who was taking shots at vehicles on the interstate.

State police said at least four cars were struck by bullets along an 11-mile stretch of highway Wednesday night. I-64 was reopened Thursday morning.

Sgt. David Cooper said two people reported injuries and went to a hospital in Augusta County. He said neither person had life-threatening injuries. He did not know if the victims had been struck by a bullet or by glass.

Cooper did not know what time each shooting occurred, but said the first call came in about midnight.

I-64 was closed for about 6 hours, from mile marker 96 in Augusta County to mile marker 118 in Albemarle County. The Virginia Department of Transportation set up a detour and rerouted traffic to an alternate route. The interstate was reopened in both directions at 6:20 a.m. as state police continued investigating the shootings.

Cooper said police closed a long stretch of the interstate to gather evidence. He said investigators were closely checking several interstate ramps near the shootings, as well as woods in the rural area.

Cooper said he didn’t know if there was more than one shooter or what type of gun or guns were used.

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