CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville Police have a video showing a suspect setting two fires at the Free Bridge encampment Wednesday night, and they’re hoping that the public can help identify the perpetrator.
In the 1:25 video taken by security surveillance cameras at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday, a person is seen walking down the Rivanna River Trail, apparently wearing a hooded sweatshirt, shorts and sandals. The suspect turns right off the trail into a campsite and uses his right hand to apparently light a tent on fire with a lighter. The suspect then walks further down the trail before, after 18 seconds, returning, and lighting a second tent on fire.
CPD is working with the fire marshal’s office to investigate the fires…