The Virginia State Police says it has wrapped up its investigation into the March 31 shooting of a Crozet-area man by an Albemarle County police officer

An Albemarle grand jury handed down 15 indictments Monday charging a 19-year-old Afton man in the Interstate 64 shootings.

A 19-year-old Afton man charged in connection with the Interstate 64 shootings in March will have his case heard by a grand jury next month.

Authorities have filed two more felony charges against Interstate 64 shooting suspect Slade Woodson.

Slade Woodson, the 19-year-old Afton man facing charges for a string of shootings in Waynesboro and on Interstate 64 last month, appeared in a Waynesboro court this morning for an advisement on two new charges in the city.

Local and state police officers are investigating at least five additional shooting incidents in western Albemarle County to determine if they are related to last week’s shootings that struck five vehicles on Interstate 64.

Local and state police of-ficers are investigating at least five additional shoot-ing incidents in western Albemarle County to determine if they may be related to last week’s shoot-ing spree that included shots fired at, and striking, five vehicles on Interstate 64.

Slade A. Woodson’s first appearance in an Albemarle court was on a television screen.

A 19-year-old Afton man charged in Thursday’s Interstate 64 shootings faces an additional five charges and will remain in a Verona jail.

A man shot last week by police seeking suspects in the Interstate 64 shootings is still recovering from wounds to his arms and chest, his lawyer said Monday.
The man, whom both the lawyer and police would not identify, remains in stable condition at the University of Virginia Medical Center, officials said.
“He’s improving and he’s not on any life support,” said John Zwerling, an Alexandria-based lawyer. “He was shot in both arms and has a bullet in his chest.”

The MySpace.com personal pages of one of the suspects in the Interstate 64 sniper shootings portray a heartbroken young man who revels in his country heritage.

A one-time accomplished Western Albemarle High School pole-vaulter and an unidentified 16-year-old Crozet resident were arrested Friday and face numerous felony charges in connection with the Interstate 64 sniper shootings.

One of the suspects in the Interstate 64 sniper shootings has a history of stealing pickups, joyriding and arson, according to records and investigators.

Police probing the Interstate 64 shootings have found small-caliber cartridge casings inside an abandoned 1974 AMC Gremlin and believe the shooter used a .22-caliber firearm, according to court documents.

The arrest of Slade Woodson, 19, of Afton, in connection with two Waynesboro shootings early Thursday morning came as no surprise to Jill Tice, 43 ,whose home was struck by two bullets in one of the incidents.