BRIDGEWATER, Va. (WHSV) – School officers report that there was an lively shooter on the Bridgewater School campus. A Bridgewater School Campus Legislation Enforcement Officer and Campus Security Officer had been shot throughout this incident. A suspect is now in custody.
At roughly 1:20 p.m. Feb. 1, 2022, the Bridgewater School Police Division, City of Bridgewater Police Division, Virginia State Police, Rockingham County Sheriff’s Workplace, Metropolis of Harrisonburg Police, Augusta Sheriff’s Workplace, City of Dayton Police Division, FBI, and the Division of Recreation and Inland Fisheries responded to a report of an lively shooter on the Bridgewater School campus.
Campus Police Officer John Painter and Campus Security Officer J.J. Jefferson had been shot and killed.
The preliminary report got here in that Painter and Jefferson had responded to a name of a suspicious particular person was on campus in Memorial Corridor. After a quick interplay, 27-year-old Alexander Wyatt Campbell, opened hearth and shot each officers.
Campbell then fled on foot and was positioned on Riverside Drive in Bridgewater. By 1:55 p.m., the male shooter, Campbell, was taken into police custody. The suspect was taken to Sentara RMH for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, the place he was handled and launched. He’s being held with out bond at Rockingham County Regional Jail.
Virginia State Police are nonetheless working to find out how the suspect was shot.
Campbell was charged with 2 felony counts of capital homicide, one felony rely of first-degree homicide, and one felony rely of use of a firearm within the fee of a felony.
“I wish to provide our condolences, our prayers, our hearts to J.J.’s household, John’s household. Phrases won’t ever be sufficient to precise our unhappiness and grief,” Dr. David W. Bushman, President of Bridgewater School, stated throughout a press convention Tuesday evening.