No charges for man shot during sniper raid
(File / Daily Progress / Megan Lovett)
*File* Virginia State Police cordon off a house on Friday, March 28th 2008, at Yonder Hill Farm Road in Crozet on Friday morning, believed to be connected to Thursday’s I-64 shootings.
There will be no charges in connection with the March 28 shooting of a Crozet-area man during an Interstate 64 sniper raid, Albemarle Commonwealth’s Attorney Denise Lunsford announced today.
Neither the man who was shot nor the officer who shot him will face charges in the incident, Lunsford said in a release.
Albemarle Officer M.J. Easton shot Edgar W. Dawson during an early-morning raid of Dawson’s home on Yonder Hill Farm Road in connection with the sniper shootings.
Police were searching for Dawson’s 16-year-old son and 19-year-old Slade Allen Woodson. Both teens were arrested at Dawson’s farm and were charged with numerous felonies in con-nection with the shootings.
During the search, police encountered Edgar Dawson, who was holding a large silver revolver, according to county spokeswoman Lee Catlin, who provided in-formation on the decision by Lunsford.
Despite being told to lower or drop the gun, Dawson did not, according to Catlin. Easton — a school resource officer and a six-year veteran of the police department — shot Dawson twice. Dawson’s gun also discharged.
Dawson suffered wounds to his chest and arms. He was treated at the Univer-sity of Virginia Medical Center and eventually released.
The Virginia State Police wrapped up its investiga-tion of the incident and handed it over to the com-monwealth’s attorney this week.
Reader Reactions
Ok, well let’s see. A woman wandered in front of a car which happened to be a cop at night and was killed. Not the cops fault. A trucker runs a red light killing my friends daughter. Definitely his fault. Let’s try comparing apples to apples next time. Dummy…
goshindo, my point is cops always get away with things, but ordinary people would be sitting in jail, just like when the cop hit the lady near albemarle high and killed her, she got off clean, the trucker that hit the girl on 29 and killed her is going to jail, c’mon now think about it, dummy
Oh good lord… It couldn’t have been the fact that the guy had a gun and refused to drop it when told now could it. You’re probably the same type who would cry for help from the cops and then continue to bad mouth them….
well of course hes not being charged ‘hes a cop’ duhhhhhh
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