albemarle police shooting


Self-defense: Cop cleared in Afton shooting Published on Aug 28th, 2013 1 comments The officer who fired five bullets and killed 21-year-old Greg Rosson had "reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury" and will not face criminal charges, according to a determination released...
Who shot Greg Rosson? ID of police officer still secret Published on Aug 21st, 2013 11 comments August 16 was Gregory Rosson's 22nd birthday. His family brought flowers, his two dogs, and sang "Happy Birthday" to him— at Prize Hill Cemetery in Boonesville, where he was buried June 14. They also...
Family in the dark: Police still mum on who shot Greg Rosson Published on Jul 17th, 2013 15 comments July 8 was the one-month anniversary of Gregory Rosson's death. His family visited his grave, their tears mixing with the rain that was falling. "It still feels like it just happened," says a family...
Self-defense: Officers cleared in Birdwood Court shooting Published on Jul 4th, 2013 4 comments A grand jury has indicted the man shot by Albemarle police in a city neighborhood Memorial Day weekend and cleared the officers involved, according to a release from Charlottesville Commonwealth's...
2 police shootings: No new info released Published on Jun 26th, 2013 11 comments Within two weeks, Albemarle police officers shot people in two separate incidents, one of which was fatal. The details of the Birdwood Court and Afton Mountain shootings are still under wraps....
Code of silence: County clams up when cops open fire Published on Jun 13th, 2013 28 comments Two days after a 21-year-old Crozet man was shot dead by an Albemarle police officer on June 8, officials finally released his name. Neither Albemarle police nor Virginia State Police, which is...
Fatal police-involved shooting closes U.S. 250 Published on Jun 8th, 2013 0 comments Albemarle police responding to a call about a domestic disturbance on Rockfish Gap Turnpike around 2:30am Saturday, June 8, were involved in a fatal shooting, according to a Virginia State Police...
Birdwood Court: Details still murky in police shooting Published on Jun 5th, 2013 1 comments Juan Cervantes was cleaning up from a Memorial Day cookout at his house on Birdwood Court when he heard people "yelling and screaming at each other," he says. He approached the street from his yard...