A mass shooting in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, has left three people dead and three people injured on Tuesday, April 8. Authorities have apprehended a total of four suspects: two 16-year-olds, one 17-year-old, and one 18-year-old named Jeremiah Upson.
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Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) received reports of a mass shooting around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Upon arrival, deputies found three dead victims at the scene, located on Olde Greenwich Circle. Three other people were injured after suffering gunshot wounds. They were all transported to a local hospital to receive treatment.The SCSO confirmed in an
update that the fatal victims were two 18-year-olds and one 20-year-old. The sheriff's office identified two of the victims as Chase Feaster, 18, and Alonzo Goffney, 18. However, the SCSO is waiting on the Medical Examiner's Office for confirmation on the identity of the dead 20-year-old.Further Details
Local authorities believe that the incident stemmed from an illegal gun sale robbery, as per Fox 5. A witness who spoke with the outlet described the shooting as "bullets going everywhere," with multiple individuals shooting at each other.
"I was coming down the hill I was looking forward and then I saw about three or four individuals," the witness said. "I heard it and I saw bullets going everywhere, they were kind of going at each other."
"Then I saw some run off down the road and after a little bit they started walking back holding their big guns, and they started walking up the hill, then the cut off behind the townhouses and that's when the first officer arrived on scene."
On Wednesday, the SCSO confirmed that four suspects were arrested in connection with the mass shooting. Three of them are minors: two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old. The other suspect is an 18-year-old, Jeremiah Upson. Currently, one of the unnamed 16-year-old suspects remains hospitalized for a gunshot wound. Therefore, authorities will incarcerate the suspect after their hospital discharge.
For the time being, the four suspects were charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony unlawful assembly, as per Fox 5. Additionally, the sheriff's office shared that there is currently no threat to public safety.
How is this murderer going to pay the victims family 5 million dollars while serving so many life sentences? Asking for a friend.
They'll likely get what they can from liquidating his assets, which I can't imagine at 21 he had much. Whatever they can get will be split however it was decided in court but I doubt most of them will get much. If some random, misguided relative left him money in the future that would also go towards paying the victims.
He should go straight to death penalty!
The scumbag will spend the rest of his life in a Texas prison. He might end up wishing for death. And the wishes of the victims' families should matter.
In a Texas Prison and he killed all those people because of the "invasion of Mexican people".....Oh yeah....this guy will die.
Its going to be a very bad day for him. ?