CPD investigating weekend shootings
Charlottesville police (FILE) (Source: WVIR)
By NBC29 Newsroom | May 3, 2021 at 2:19 PM EDT - Updated May 3 at 2:23 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - The Charlottesville Police Department is investigating reports of heavy gunfire in the Hardy Drive area, as well as along Longwood Drive.
CPD announced Monday, May 3, that officers had responded to the Hardy Dr. area around 10:20 p.m. Friday, April. They reportedly found roughly 50 handgun and rifle shell casings on the scene.
The department says multiple apartments and four vehicles in the Westhaven community were struck by gunfire. Bullets also hit an apartment at the Standard on West Main Street, narrowly missing a person sitting in their bedroom.