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| Suspect Arrested in Virginia Highway Shootings |
| 2008-03-29 |
| A 19-year-old suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with a series of highway shootings here that left two people with minor injuries, the state police said. Slade Allen Woodson was arrested at a single-story clapboard house in VirginiaÂ’s Albemarle County, the authorities said, after an early morning standoff with police that culminated in gunfire. Police charged Mr. Woodson with a separate shooting at a credit union and residence in Waynesboro, Va., that took place early Thursday morning, according to local press accounts. But he was also considered a suspect in the shootings that took place later that day along a 20-mile stretch of Interstate 64 near Charlottesville, forcing the authorities to close the highway for several hours. The shootings, which appeared to be random, occurred within an hourÂ’s drive of the area near Washington that was terrorized by the sniper attacks in 2002 that left 10 people dead and 3 wounded. Six vehicles, including a tractor-trailer and a dump truck, were hit by bullets, along with a maintenance building owned by the Department of Transportation. Two drivers were treated for minor injuries at a local hospital and released. |
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