Blacksburg police say two Saturday afternoon shootings are related incidents

Blacksburg police said two men hospitalized with gunshot wounds Saturday afternoon are acquaintances, and the incidents under investigation appear ...

February 19, 2023
1:52 AM

Blacksburg police said two men hospitalized with gunshot wounds Saturday afternoon are acquaintances, and the incidents under investigation appear to be related. No arrest was reported in a press release from Chief Kendrick T. Brewster. In the first incident, Blacksburg officers found a male with gunshot wounds to the leg and arm on the sidewalk of Bluestone Lane at 1:51 p.m. Saturday. He was taken to LewisGale Montgomery Hospital for treatment. 'Approximately an hour later at 2:58 p.m. while investigating the first incident, Blacksburg police and Blacksburg rescue were dispatched to the 1800 block of Whipple Drive for a second person with gunshot wounds,' the release said.

Luke Weir