3 arrested in fatal shooting at University Heights

The fatal shooting at University Heights Apart-ments on Wednesday apparently was sparked by an attempted robbery of drugs from a man who now faces a murder charge.

Neither police nor the Albemarle commonwealth’s attorney’s office would comment on the specifics of the case Thursday, but an arrest warrant for Maricus Antwan Rawlings states that he attempted “to rob Stacy Berry of drugs by means of violence …”

Rawlings, a 20-year-old who lives in the 2600 block of Barracks Road, faces a robbery charge and is in the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail without bond.

A 15-year-old boy also faces a robbery charge in connection with the shooting. He suffered a gunshot wound in the incident, Lt. Todd Hopwood said, without elaborating on the suspect’s condition.

Berry, 20, faces a second-degree murder charge and remains in jail without bond.

The shooting happened at about 4 p.m. at 263 Colonnade Drive. When police arrived they found 23-year-old Travis Scott lying unresponsive in the parking lot. He later died of gunshot injuries at the University of Virginia Medical Center.

Scott’s shooting death was the first homicide this year in Albemarle.

Police took the 15-year-old and Rawlings into custody soon after the shooting and charged them a short time later, Hopwood said.

Another person who was shot during the robbery remains at UVa hospital in stable condition, according to Hopwood.

Authorities declined to provide details of the injured man’s connection to the incident. They wouldn’t discuss Scott’s role in the robbery either.

Berry was arrested between 2 and 3 a.m. Thursday, Hopwood said.

It appears the incident may have happened in Berry’s apartment.

His arrest warrant lists his address as 263 Colonnade Drive. A search warrant says the apartment where the shooting happened is at 263 Colonnade Drive.

Authorities would not confirm the exact location of where the shooting happened.

According to the search warrant, investigators found blood and bullet fragments in a breezeway outside an apartment in building 263. They also found a bullet hole in the wall of the same apartment.

Inside the apartment, they found “one spent shell casing on the floor and several bullet holes in the wall,” according to the warrant.

Berry’s next court appearance is slated for Oct. 30. Rawlings is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 23.