The Charlottesville Police Department responded to an aggravated assault incident Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. in the 900 block of Anderson Street, per a community alert sent by Timothy Longo, chief of the University Police Department and vice president for security and safety.
Upon arriving at the scene, CPD officers discovered two victims each with gunshot wounds. Both are in stable condition and have been transported to the University hospital.
No description of the suspect was provided, but witnesses reported seeing a white sedan head southbound on 9th Street in the direction of Page Street.
This is the fourth community alert of the month following a shots fired incident on Sept. 18th, a robbery on Sept. 4 and a hate crime Sept. 7, when a noose was found around the neck of the Homer statue. UPD and the local Federal Bureau of Investigation are still investigating the hate crime and are offering a $10,000 reward for any information helpful in solving the crime.
Community alerts are shared via email to the University community when there is timely information about a threat that can be released to the community without compromising any ongoing investigations. Timely warnings are issued when there is an ongoing threat to the community.
The public may opt-in to receive emergency alerts by texting “UVA” to 226787.
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