Man shoots up Danville gas station
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From staff reports
Published: September 4, 2008
Police are investigating a shooting that took place at a South Boston Road gas station Wednesday night. A 20-year-old Danville man reported that he was paying for gas at the Texaco station at 1131 South Boston Road when a male came up to the store and started shooting, police said. The man ran and hid in the gas station bathroom. The owner of the store told police the suspect fired multiple shots through the window of the store before entering the store and firing more shots. Witnesses describe the suspect as a black male, about 5 feet 10 inches, 190 pounds and wearing a white shirt and dark pants. Police say robbery doesn’t appear to be the motive. The incident was captured on video tape.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact Danville Crime Stoppers at (434) 793-0000, or via the crime tips line at
. Information given will remain confidential.
Those who contact Crime Stoppers by telephone may be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
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Posted by ( Bam Bam ) on September 05, 2008 at 12:38 pm
If you look at the picture that is posted on the 1330 WAKG web site it clearly shows a man in a black muscle type shirt need to check that description, This town seams to have become easy pickins and the crooks know it
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Posted by ( Experienced ) on September 05, 2008 at 11:01 am
Events like this make me leary of young people wearing oversized white t-shirts and (most of the time) baggy pants, esp. if there is more than one of them. Do young people dress this much alike so that it would be harder to identify them when crimes are committed?
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Posted by ( quatar ) on September 04, 2008 at 7:01 pm
What an idiot. But there is a jail cell waiting for him.
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