CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) Despite a number of high-profile gun-violence incidents in the city already this summer, data actually shows a significant drop in the number of Charlottesville shootings.
In May and June of 2024, there were 21 shots fired incidents and six people shot in the city. During the same months this year, those numbers dropped to six shots fired incidents and four shootings, drops of 76.2% and 33.3%, according to data provided to by the Charlottesville Police Department.’
“It’s been a whole community approach to addressing violent crime,” CPD chief Michael Kochis told Cville Right Now on Wednesday. “It’s much more complicated than just, the police going out there and addressing these issues.”…