The Charlottesville Police Department received a call early this morning reporting that gunshots had been heard on the 800 block of Hardy Drive, per a safety advisory sent by Timothy Longo, chief of the University Police Department and associate vice president for security and safety.
Longo said that CPD received the call at 1:37 a.m. and that officers located shell casings on the scene, though no injuries have been reported. In the community alert, which was sent at 2:30 a.m., Longo said that a heavy police presence remains in the area.
No description of a suspect has been provided, and Longo recommended that anybody with information pertaining to the case should contact the CPD at (434) 970-3280.
This is the first safety advisory or community alert of September.
Safety advisories 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.
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