Shots Fired on Virginia College Campus

On December 9, 2009, in News, by trdehaven

Student gunman in custody at NOVA-Woodbridge

Updated: Tuesday, 08 Dec 2009, 11:18 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 08 Dec 2009, 3:58 PM EST

By MYFOXDC STAFF/myfoxdc

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – Prince William County Police say they have a 20-year-old student in custody after shots were fired in a classroom at the Northern Virginia Community College Woodbridge campus on Tuesday afternoon. Police say Jason Hamilton is charged after allegedly firing shots at a female professor in a classroom.

According to investigators, they were notified around 2:40 p.m. Tuesday of a student who was armed with a gun on the campus. A Prince William County Police spokesperson says the gunman went into a math class in the main building and pointed a high-power rifle at a female professor. The spokesperson says the teacher hit the floor when she saw the gun, and the gunman then fired several shots, but no one was hit.

“From what I understand, they hit the floor and had the students evacuated,” said Provost Sam Hill. “She was also assisted by another faculty member.”

 

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