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08-22-2006, 12:32 PM
This happened about 2 hours away from my house
Sunday, August 20, 2006E-mail this story Print this story Get RSS feedsShare this story Digg this story Mark in Ma.gnolia Tag with del.icio.us Seed Newsvine Post to Google Base Add to Yahoo! Related at Technorati Security guard killed, manhunt under way in Blacksburg
Police are searching for an escaped Montgomery County Jail inmate after a fatal shooting early this morning at the Montgomery Regional Hospital.
By Amy L. Kovac
Police say 24-year-old William Charles Morva is 5-feet-10-inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He had shed his orange jumpsuit and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark shorts.
BLACKSBURG – Police are searching for an escaped Montgomery County Jail inmate after a fatal shooting early this morning at the Montgomery Regional Hospital.
The suspect, 24-year-old William Charles Morva, was taken to the hospital emergency room by a sheriff’s deputy to seek treatment, said Lt. Joe Davis of the Blacksburg police.
At about 2:30 a.m., Morva overpowered the deputy and took his pistol. Shots were fired, and an unarmed hospital security guard, 26-year-old Derrick McFarland, was shot and killed. McFarland had tried to help the deputy.
Authorities were not releasing the deputy's name but said he was listed in stable condition from injuries received.
"Our concern right now is to get more information so we can get Morva back behind bars," Davis said.
Morva fled on foot. Sheriff's deputies and Christiansburg police officers closed down the Huckleberry Trail entrace at the New River Valley Mall. Four officers armed with rifles took up positions overlooking the trail, watching for any sign of movement. Above then, one of two helicopters from the Virginia State Police, flew along the treeline.
Montgomery Regional Hospital's emergency room was closed after the shooting and reopened this morning, said Suzanne Barnette, a hospital spokeswoman. She did not know how many patients were affected.
Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times
Blacksburg Police Officer Nathan O'Dell (right) points or Pulaski County K9 Officer Daniel Johnson (left) and his trained bloodhound "Jerry Lee" in an attempt to pick up the scent trail of an alleged shooting suspect at Meadow Brook Trailer Park near the Blacksburg / Montgomery County line Sunday morning. Police were searching for William Charles Morva.
Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times
Virginia State Police Tactical Team Officers meet in front of the emergency room entrance at Montgomery Regional Hospital Sunday morning.
Sheriff Tommy Whitt said Morva reported falling and had suffered a sprained wrist and leg. Morva was evaluated by the jail’s medical staff, who recommended he be seen by a hospital doctor. Whitt said inmates are transported in handcuffs and leg irons by a deputy sheriff assigned to the jail.
“We really need to look into it real closely and find out how this happened,” Whitt said. “We have an idea, but it’s just speculation at this point, and I’d rather not speculate.” He said the deputy, whom he declined to identify, was sedated and unable to speak with investigators.
He said the outpouring of support from other agencies has been “mindboggling.”
“It was not, ‘What can we do to help you,’ ” Whitt said. “It was, ‘This is what we’re bringing and what we have and where do you want them?’ We didn’t have to call anyone.”
Morva was in jail on charges of attempted robbery of the Deli Mart on Glade Road in Blacksburg last August. His trial had been continued twice this summer, and the new date was set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to circuit court records.
Morva is a white man, 5-foot-10-inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He had shed his orange jumpsuit and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark shorts.
He may be wearing jail-issued flip flops.
If you have any information regarding Morva’s whereabouts, please call the Blacksburg Police Department at (540) 961-1150, your local law enforcement agency or 911.
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Sunday, August 20, 2006E-mail this story Print this story Get RSS feedsShare this story Digg this story Mark in Ma.gnolia Tag with del.icio.us Seed Newsvine Post to Google Base Add to Yahoo! Related at Technorati Security guard killed, manhunt under way in Blacksburg
Police are searching for an escaped Montgomery County Jail inmate after a fatal shooting early this morning at the Montgomery Regional Hospital.
By Amy L. Kovac
Police say 24-year-old William Charles Morva is 5-feet-10-inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He had shed his orange jumpsuit and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark shorts.
BLACKSBURG – Police are searching for an escaped Montgomery County Jail inmate after a fatal shooting early this morning at the Montgomery Regional Hospital.
The suspect, 24-year-old William Charles Morva, was taken to the hospital emergency room by a sheriff’s deputy to seek treatment, said Lt. Joe Davis of the Blacksburg police.
At about 2:30 a.m., Morva overpowered the deputy and took his pistol. Shots were fired, and an unarmed hospital security guard, 26-year-old Derrick McFarland, was shot and killed. McFarland had tried to help the deputy.
Authorities were not releasing the deputy's name but said he was listed in stable condition from injuries received.
"Our concern right now is to get more information so we can get Morva back behind bars," Davis said.
Morva fled on foot. Sheriff's deputies and Christiansburg police officers closed down the Huckleberry Trail entrace at the New River Valley Mall. Four officers armed with rifles took up positions overlooking the trail, watching for any sign of movement. Above then, one of two helicopters from the Virginia State Police, flew along the treeline.
Montgomery Regional Hospital's emergency room was closed after the shooting and reopened this morning, said Suzanne Barnette, a hospital spokeswoman. She did not know how many patients were affected.
Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times
Blacksburg Police Officer Nathan O'Dell (right) points or Pulaski County K9 Officer Daniel Johnson (left) and his trained bloodhound "Jerry Lee" in an attempt to pick up the scent trail of an alleged shooting suspect at Meadow Brook Trailer Park near the Blacksburg / Montgomery County line Sunday morning. Police were searching for William Charles Morva.
Matt Gentry | The Roanoke Times
Virginia State Police Tactical Team Officers meet in front of the emergency room entrance at Montgomery Regional Hospital Sunday morning.
Sheriff Tommy Whitt said Morva reported falling and had suffered a sprained wrist and leg. Morva was evaluated by the jail’s medical staff, who recommended he be seen by a hospital doctor. Whitt said inmates are transported in handcuffs and leg irons by a deputy sheriff assigned to the jail.
“We really need to look into it real closely and find out how this happened,” Whitt said. “We have an idea, but it’s just speculation at this point, and I’d rather not speculate.” He said the deputy, whom he declined to identify, was sedated and unable to speak with investigators.
He said the outpouring of support from other agencies has been “mindboggling.”
“It was not, ‘What can we do to help you,’ ” Whitt said. “It was, ‘This is what we’re bringing and what we have and where do you want them?’ We didn’t have to call anyone.”
Morva was in jail on charges of attempted robbery of the Deli Mart on Glade Road in Blacksburg last August. His trial had been continued twice this summer, and the new date was set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to circuit court records.
Morva is a white man, 5-foot-10-inches tall and 160 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes. He had shed his orange jumpsuit and was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and dark shorts.
He may be wearing jail-issued flip flops.
If you have any information regarding Morva’s whereabouts, please call the Blacksburg Police Department at (540) 961-1150, your local law enforcement agency or 911.
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