State police: Multiple fatals in Virginia shooting; gunman surrounded by 100 officers in woods
By APTuesday, January 19, 2010
Police: ‘multiple fatals’ in Va. shooting
APPOMATTOX, Va. — Virginia State Police are reporting multiple fatals and injuries involving a lone gunman in central Virginia.
State police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says more than 100 law enforcement officials have surrounded the gunman in a wooded area just outside of Appomattox.
Police say the violence began shortly after noon Tuesday when an injured man was found on a rural stretch of road.
Police say when officers responded, someone fired at them. A state police helicopter had to land with a ruptured fuel tank. The officers were not injured.
It is not known what prompted the shootings.
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