ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) — Virginia’s Department of Forensic Science has flagged thousands of gun cases for review after an examiner and a verifier in its Roanoke lab failed proficiency testing.
The department says the issue dates to 2024, when the two employees did not get the expected results on tests designed to check their work. Both were placed on retraining plans, and the lab paused in-depth firearms examinations.
State officials have since notified attorneys and courts about cases that may have involved work by those employees…