There was a shooting at a college in Virginia and two officers were tragically killed.
The shooting happened on the campus of Bridgewater College on Tuesday and the two officers that were shot and killed, according to NY Post, were John Painter who was a campus police officer and JJ Jefferson who was a campus safety officer.
Campus police officer John Painter and campus safety officer JJ Jefferson were shot at around 1:20 p.m. after they responded to a call of a suspicious individual who was in an area of the small private liberal-arts college where he was not authorized to be, state police said.
Alexander Wyatt Campbell, 27 from Ashland, Va, opened fire on the officers after a brief interaction, and fled on foot into the town of Bridgewater, about 140 miles southwest of Washington, DC, Virginia State Police Public Relations Manager Corinne Geller said at a Tuesday evening press conference.
Campbell then waded into a shallow section of the North River and walked to an island, where he was apprehended by officers from multiple agencies 35 minutes later, according to authorities.
An image taken by the local Daily News-Record showed 10 officers pointing their guns at the shirtless suspect face-down on the ground. The arresting officers had waded into the river after Campbell and took him into custody without incident, police said.
Campbell was charged with four felonies, including two counts of capital murder and was being held without bail, police said. Investigators did not reveal if he was a student at the college, and his motive was unclear.
It is interesting that a man who shot two cops to death at point black range was able to be captured without a mark on him. It shows you it can be done by the cops no matter the circumstance if they want to.
Hopefully, the victims’ families find peace.
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