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Virginia State University Shooting Suspect Found Hiding in Dorm Closet | Crime Alert 08.17.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Al Art hourly update breaking crime news Now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sidney Silvanni. A nineteen year old man has been
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  Speaker 2: taken into custody in connection with a major mass shooting
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  Speaker 2: on the campus of Virginia State University. Authorities report that
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  Speaker 2: Cameron Harris of Henrico, Virginia was arrested after officers found
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  Speaker 2: him hiding inside a dorm closet in Seward Hall several
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  Speaker 2: hours after the violence erupted early Saturday morning, August fifteenth.
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  Speaker 2: According to the Chesterfield County Police Department, Harris, who is
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  Speaker 2: not a student at the university, was served with eight
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  Speaker 2: felony warrants, including charges for malicious wounding and the use
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  Speaker 2: of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement officials have not yet identified a potential motive for
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  Speaker 2: the attack. Virginia State University confirmed in a social media
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  Speaker 2: statement that police responded to reports of gunfire shortly before
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  Speaker 2: one point thirty in the morning local time in the
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  Speaker 2: Quad Annex's residential housing area. Upon arrival, emerging responders located
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  Speaker 2: five individuals suffering from gunshot wounds. University officials noted that
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  Speaker 2: multiple suspects were involved in the shooting. One of the victims.
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  Speaker 2: A twenty year old VSU student was treated at a
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  Speaker 2: nearby hospital and has since been released. The remaining four
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  Speaker 2: victims are non students at the university. They include a
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  Speaker 2: twenty one year old man who remains in critical condition,
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  Speaker 2: as well as a twenty three year old man, a
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  Speaker 2: nineteen year old woman, and a seventeen year old boy,
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  Speaker 2: all of whom suffered non life threatening injuries. Police have
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  Speaker 2: withheld the names of the victims at this time. Harris
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  Speaker 2: is currently being held at the Chesterfield County Jail without bond,
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  Speaker 2: and authorities indicate he may face additional charges as the
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  Speaker 2: investigation proceeds. University officials confirmed the campus lockdown has been lifted,
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  Speaker 2: with law enforcement maintaining an increased presence alongside federal agents
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  Speaker 2: from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. More
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  Speaker 2: crime and justice news after this tragedy has also struck
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  Speaker 2: in Lexington, Kentucky, where one person was killed and four
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  Speaker 2: others were injured in a mass shooting at an outdoor
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  Speaker 2: concert on Saturday evening. The shooting occurred around six forty
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  Speaker 2: five pm at Charles Young Park, located barely a mile
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  Speaker 2: away from an event where Kentucky Governor Andy Basheer was
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  Speaker 2: holding a Kentucky Democratic Party dinner. Governor basher broke the
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  Speaker 2: tragic news directly to attendees shortly after learning of the gunfire.
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  Speaker 1: Before I continue, I do need to let y'all know
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  Speaker 1: we do have some tough news tonight. About a mile
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  Speaker 1: and a half from here, we've had a shooting. Actually
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  Speaker 1: since we started this dinner. We have five people that
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  Speaker 1: I think received injuries. We probably have one deceased. Don't
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  Speaker 1: have any more information than that, other than it is
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  Speaker 1: not an active situation. Let's not live in fear. Let's
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  Speaker 1: not let it take our energy from tonight, because we
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  Speaker 1: know if we want to or stop mass shootings in
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  Speaker 1: this country, we have got to elect Democrats that will
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  Speaker 1: actually do something about it.
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  Speaker 2: Authority state that two of the injured victims were children
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  Speaker 2: ages fourteen and four, while the other two were adults.
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  Speaker 2: All four were taken to a nearby hospital with non
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  Speaker 2: life threatening injuries. Lexington Police have not released details regarding
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  Speaker 2: the deceased person or potential suspects, and no arrests have
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  Speaker 2: been made, though police maintained there is no active threat
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  Speaker 2: to the public. Lexington Police Chief Lawrence Weathers made a
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  Speaker 2: passionate plea to the public, as reported by lex News.
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  Speaker 1: If you know something, you know some people that are
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  Speaker 1: kind of like angry at each other or or arguing
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  Speaker 1: back and forth, please let us know. Let somebody know
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  Speaker 1: who can step in and intervene so that we don't
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  Speaker 1: have situations pop up.
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  Speaker 2: This Kentucky incident came right on the heels of the
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  Speaker 2: Virginia State University mass shooting earlier that day. Meanwhile, in Tennessee,
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  Speaker 2: a routine traffic stop led police to a horrific discovery
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  Speaker 2: and murder allegations against the Louisiana husband. Fifty year old
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  Speaker 2: Tyrone Brazil was stopped by police in Memphis on Thursday
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  Speaker 2: for a traffic violation. Reg reports officers discovered the lifeless
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  Speaker 2: body of his wife, fifty year old Linessa Bradford, propped
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  Speaker 2: up in the passenger seat with a gunshot wound. Investigators
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  Speaker 2: alleged Brazil shot and killed Bradford during an argument at
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  Speaker 2: Independence Community Park in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, before propping her
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  Speaker 2: body in the car and driving across multiple state lines.
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  Speaker 2: A longtime friend of the victim, Shelika Decker, spoke to
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  Speaker 2: reg about Bradford's plans to escape her husband.
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  Speaker 3: You tried to help him, try to get in some help,
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  Speaker 3: all tried to seek hill for him, like his family
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  Speaker 3: and friends around him, all tried, you know, talking to him.
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  Speaker 3: She let me know that she was planning a getaway.
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  Speaker 3: She was planning to escape, like she had the money
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  Speaker 3: saved up. She had came up with a plane and
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  Speaker 3: she was going to get vanished. That was the only
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  Speaker 3: way she would be able to get away from him.
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  Speaker 2: Decker explained that Bradford worked at an elementary school in
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  Speaker 2: Baton Rouge, and her colleagues asked police for a welfare
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  Speaker 2: check after she missed several days of work. Decker expressed
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  Speaker 2: utter shock and heartache to reg while reflecting on the
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  Speaker 2: multi state drive.
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  Speaker 3: I have so many questions, like what were you doing
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  Speaker 3: in the car with her that amount of time? Why
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  Speaker 3: she was deceived. It's so crazy. It's so crazy and heartbreaking.
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  Speaker 2: Decker added that Brazil had previously threatened to kill himself
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  Speaker 2: or Bradford if she ever tried to leave, though physical
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  Speaker 2: abuse had only surfaced in recent months. Brazil is currently
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  Speaker 2: held as a fugitive in Memphis and is scheduled to
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  Speaker 2: appear in court on Monday, where he awaits extradition back
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  Speaker 2: to Louisiana to face murder charges. For more crime and
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  Speaker 2: justice news, be sure to join us for crime stories
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  Speaker 2: with Nancy Grace on Fox One YouTube, Serious Excess and
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  Speaker 2: now streaming on TOOB. With this crime alert, I'm Sidney
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  Speaker 2: Silvanni