A fourteen-year-old was shot while asleep in bed on Sunday morning, the Daily Progress reports. At 4:09 AM, the home, two apartments, and a vehicle on Prospect Avenue were all hit by gunfire. The unidentified child was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. There haven’t been any arrests.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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I’m shocked, saddened, and appalled by this. Why can’t a 14-yr old be safe in his own bed?
Sad, but true reason that a homes value is based on the following first three things: Location, location, location.
It’s a shame that a kid has to be shot to gather attention. There are regular sounds and rumors of shootings in the area, that seem to be primarily ignored.
I hope they nab the culprits, and crack down on the problem in general (though I don’t know off-hand how they might do such a thing).
Where’s that dumb-ass Will to say how sorry he is about this? Remember how worked up he was about the tragedy overseas…no words can express…?
As we move through the next ten to twenty years of life here in the US of A, let’s try to keep in mind how fu**ed up our own society is…and let’s move to fix it.
…and it’s her own bed, not his own bed.
I know this is not a popular viewpoint but I can not help but think that, if the thugs were attacking each other with knives, bats, etc. this poor girl would be safer in her own bed. Guns in the wrong hands are part of this sad story.
Excellent point.
This is what you get when you have cops working the road looking for seat belt violations, cops staking out train tracks to catch students illegally crossing said tracks, and cops staked out to catch motorists not stopping for the pedestrian crosswalks. And this is also what you get when you subscribe to the press releases and theory that violent crime is on the decrease in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. We ain’t seen nothing yet, babe!