3 killed, 3 injured in Spotsylvania County shooting

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3 killed, 3 injured in Spotsylvania inCounty shooting

Ciara Wells | [e-mail]
April 8, 2025, 7:51 PM

At least three people were killed and three more were injured in a shooting Tuesday evening in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Around 5:30 p.m., the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office got calls for an active shooter in the area of Olde Greenwich Drive and Lafayette Boulevard and responded to find multiple people shot. Three were pronounced deceased on the scene while three others were taken to the hospital, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.

At this time, deputies have not released the identities or ages of the victims. … 7News reporter Lianna Golden told WTOP that witnesses on the scene described the gunshots like “a machine gun,” and they had seen young men walking down the street with “guns in their hands.”

Officials with the sheriff’s office said the shooter has not been brought into custody. A heavy police presence is still in the neighborhood and the sheriff’s office is asking the public to avoid the area.

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Ciara Wells
Ciara Wells is the Evening Digital Editor at WTOP. She is a graduate of American University where she studied journalism and Spanish. Before joining WTOP, she was the opinion team editor at a student publication and a content specialist at an HBCU in Detroit.
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