A Virginia State police officer and a campus safety officer were shot and killed Tuesday on campus at Bridgewater College, according to police.
The two men who were killed in the line of duty have been identified as Campus Police Officer John Painter and Campus Safety Officer J.J. Jefferson.
Today our campus community experienced unspeakable tragedy. Two members of the Bridgewater College family were senselessly and violently taken from us. The sadness is palpable. Words are not adequate, not nearly so, to express the grief, sadness, fear and—justifiably—the anger we all feel. After authorities performed a massive search operation, a suspect was apprehended nearly thirty minutes later.At 1:24 p.m., the Bridgewater College news account tweeted that there were reports of an active shooter. The account tweeted that state police arrived on the scene and the situation was ongoing.
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