Heart-stopping images show Culpeper County police stopping man from jumping off cell phone tower
Images show police in Virginia trying to stop man from jumping off cell phone tower
Heart-stopping images from Culpeper County show police trying to stop a man from jumping off of a cell phone tower.
CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. - Police officers in Culpeper County, Virginia climbed a 250-foot cell phone tower Sunday trying to save a man threatening to jump. We tried the bullhorn and other methods, but it wasn’t working, said Jenkins. At several points, he had gotten up on that second rail and he was just Supermanning over the rail, said Cooper.
By ALLISON BROPHY CHAMPION
Culpeper Star-Exponent
The 44-year-old man killed by a Culpeper County Sheriffâs Office deputy at his house on Thursday morning was an Army veteran who served honorably, according to a local pastor.
Donald Francis Hairston, an African-American, was shot to death by police called out for a welfare check to the home on Horseshoe Drive.
According to Virginia State Police, the agency in charge of the investigation, Hairston shot a gun and pointed it at deputies before he was fatally shot.
This is the second fatal shooting in three months by CCSO deputies of African-American men residing in this same rural neighborhood.
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Warrenton offers Christmas tree recyclingÂ
As a free service to Warrenton residents, town of Warrenton crews will begin picking up Christmas trees the week of Jan. 4. Â
Residents are asked to place trees at the street line prior to 8 a.m. Monday, Jan. 4. Crews will collect trees throughout the week, starting at one end of town and working their way throughout the town. Trees not at the street line will not be picked up.Â
These trees are fed through a chipper so all stands, wood, wire, nails, etc. should be removed.  Â
If you have any questions, call Public Works at 347-1858.Â
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Sallie Morgan has touched thousands of Rappahannock lives, whether as executive director of the Mental Health Association, injecting vital prevention programs and behavioral interventionists into the county s schools, taking the lead on area aging issues, or helping to create RAAC s No Ordinary Person â as former county administrator John W. McCarthy says lifting up all of those who have had the extraordinarily good fortune to come into her orbit.
By Luke Christopher
Photographer: Luke Christopher