Roanoke county police are still piecing together what happened after confirming that a man was shot by an officer. At 7 15 last night, they received a call that a man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off of route 419. We spoke with a witness who made the call to police. He says he was driving when he saw the man. Thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. So he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. Amy whittaker, Roanoke County spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. The suspect was transported to the hospital. We do not know the persons condition right now. That witness tells us he heard at least five shots but its not clear who fired all of them. Danville police are investigating a robbery that happened last night in the 100 block of wesley drive. A
Wdbj7s Christian Heilman is live on scene at electric road in Roanoke County. Christian, what have you learned . This is still a very active scene out here as officers are still piecing together what happened here earlier. Roanoke county Police Confirmed that a male was shot by police. Police say all this information is preliminary. At 7 15, they recieved a call that a black man wearing a bandanna and hoodie was waving a gun off route 419. We spoke with a witness who says he made that call. He was driving when he saw the man. Thomas gill, witness i saw his gun in the right hand. So he was waving it at cars and he turned around and he was waving it at me so i turned around and took a left and i called 911. Amy whittaker, Roanoke County spokesperson officers then arrived on scene and they confronted the suspect which is just up the road from walgreens parking officer involved shooting that took place. The suspect was transported to the hospital. We do not know the persons condition right
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Hospital. They are said to be longterm employees. We are processing the scene and one knife was found. The fatal workplace stabbing happened at 8 00 a. M. , a few hours later crime scene tape flickered in the wind and two yellow markers blew in the wind. Franconia police are leading the investigation and motive is unclear at this point. We are working through a number of things and talking to witnesses and well have that at some point. And the name of that suspect and the victim have not yet been released. Im live in franconia chad pradelli channel 6 action news. Thank you. One man is dead and another man fighting for his life after a double stabbing in the east mown airy section of philadelphia. It happened at 2 00 this morningality the 1600 block and police say that one person, a 29yearold man died at Einstein Medical Center and the second remains in critical condition. We believe both victims as well as the person traitor were all inside of this bar and that is when the argument sta