CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Albemarle Police have arrested an 18-year-old that Charlottesville Police believe was involved in a September shooting.
According to a Charlottesville Police Department news release, Albemarle officers arrested Nasir Dashawn Walker on Tuesday, December 16, at an apartment on Whitewood Road. Charlottesville detectives then obtained a search warrant for the apartment where they found a stolen firearm. Charlottesville Police have charged Walker with two counts of attempted malicious wounding and one county firearm possession by a convicted felon.
Police believe Walker was involved in a September 1 shooting on the 1000 block of 1st Street South. After Charlottesville Police officers on foot heard gunshots at about 10:22 p.m., another officer saw a car driving away from the area and running a red light on Avon Street. Police chased the car to the 3000 block of Scottsville Road where two people got out of the car and ran into the woods, leaving behind an injured 14-year-old…