Police looking for additional people who fired guns in Virginia university shooting that wounded 5
Latest update from cbs19.tv: 5 injured in shooting outside Virginia State University - cbs19. A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. Police investigate the scene of a shooting on the campus of Virginia State University on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 in Petersburg, Va. (WWBT via AP) ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Authorities were seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that left five people wounded, police said Sunday, as a 19-year-old suspect remained in custody and investigators sought to unravel what happened. Investigators were trying to determine what led to Saturday’s shooting and if the others who fired did so in self-defense or if they were among the aggressors, said Lt. James Lamb, commander of the Chesterfield County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit.
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He is due in state court Monday to face four counts of malicious wounding and four counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Camron Harris, 19, of Henrico, Virginia, was being held without bond in the Chesterfield County jail.
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Latest update from cbs19.tv: 5 injured in shooting outside Virginia State University - cbs19. A shooting involving multiple suspects and five people shot at Virginia State University prompted a campus lockdown early Saturday. Police investigate the scene of a shooting on the campus of Virginia State University on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 in Petersburg, Va. (WWBT via AP) ETTRICK, Va. (AP) — Authorities were seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that left five people wounded, police said Sunday, as a 19-year-old suspect remained in custody and investigators sought to unravel what happened. Investigators were trying to determine what led to Saturday’s shooting and if the others who fired did so in self-defense or if they were among the aggressors, said Lt. James Lamb, commander of the Chesterfield County Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit.