Chaingun81
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Just saw it on foreign news - wasn't that easy to find it on the US sources. Don't know if it's been posted before, but I couldn't find it here.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/20/virginia.shootings/index.html
(CNN) -- A suspect in the shooting deaths of eight people in Virginia turned himself in Wednesday morning and was taken into custody, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police said.
Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller identified the suspect as Christopher Speight, 39. She said he approached a law enforcement officer and surrendered without incident about 7:10 a.m.
Geller said charges are pending.
Authorities think he acted alone in the shootings, said another Virginia State Police spokesman, Tom Molinar.
Local coverage from CNN affiliate WTVR
Geller said police don't know Speight's relationship to the victims, but he was acquainted with them.
"Obviously, this is still unfolding as we speak," Geller said at a news conference.
In an earlier statement, she said the investigation is moving "into the next phase and will concentrate on the identification of victims, next of kin notification and processing of the crime scene."
Seven people were killed in and around a home in Appomattox, about 75 miles from Richmond in central Virginia, and the eighth was found in the middle of a road, Molinar said. Males and females were killed, but authorities did not provide their ages.
Police were trying to determine a motive.
The investigation started Tuesday afternoon with a 911 call reporting a man lying in the middle of Route 703.
"The male subject was transported by Med-Flight State Police helicopter to Lynchburg General Hospital, where the man later died," State Police said.
On arrival at the scene, police heard gunshots in the area. A search turned up seven bodies.
Police established a perimeter around a large area of Appomattox County on Tuesday afternoon, Molinar said, suspecting Speight was within it. The manhunt included canine units and helicopters.
"During the course of the search Tuesday afternoon, a State Police helicopter was shot by the suspect," the State Police said in a statement. "The helicopter was struck at least four times" and "was able to make an emergency landing in a field near the scene."
The bullets that struck the aircraft indicate Speight had a high-powered rifle, Geller said.
Just saw it on foreign news - wasn't that easy to find it on the US sources. Don't know if it's been posted before, but I couldn't find it here.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/20/virginia.shootings/index.html
(CNN) -- A suspect in the shooting deaths of eight people in Virginia turned himself in Wednesday morning and was taken into custody, a spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police said.
Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller identified the suspect as Christopher Speight, 39. She said he approached a law enforcement officer and surrendered without incident about 7:10 a.m.
Geller said charges are pending.
Authorities think he acted alone in the shootings, said another Virginia State Police spokesman, Tom Molinar.
Local coverage from CNN affiliate WTVR
Geller said police don't know Speight's relationship to the victims, but he was acquainted with them.
"Obviously, this is still unfolding as we speak," Geller said at a news conference.
In an earlier statement, she said the investigation is moving "into the next phase and will concentrate on the identification of victims, next of kin notification and processing of the crime scene."
Seven people were killed in and around a home in Appomattox, about 75 miles from Richmond in central Virginia, and the eighth was found in the middle of a road, Molinar said. Males and females were killed, but authorities did not provide their ages.
Police were trying to determine a motive.
The investigation started Tuesday afternoon with a 911 call reporting a man lying in the middle of Route 703.
"The male subject was transported by Med-Flight State Police helicopter to Lynchburg General Hospital, where the man later died," State Police said.
On arrival at the scene, police heard gunshots in the area. A search turned up seven bodies.
Police established a perimeter around a large area of Appomattox County on Tuesday afternoon, Molinar said, suspecting Speight was within it. The manhunt included canine units and helicopters.
"During the course of the search Tuesday afternoon, a State Police helicopter was shot by the suspect," the State Police said in a statement. "The helicopter was struck at least four times" and "was able to make an emergency landing in a field near the scene."
The bullets that struck the aircraft indicate Speight had a high-powered rifle, Geller said.
