Alexander Wyatt Campbell is identified and arrested as the person behind the Bridgewater college shooting that took the lives of two college officers.
Bridgewater college with over 2000 students on February 1 underwent a dangerous incident.
A fatal shooting took place in the Virginia-based private college of liberal arts as a person shot two safety officers to death.
It all started around 1: 20 pm on Tuesday when a suspicious man approached the institution’s premises.
While the college officers tried to engage with the man, they were shot.
After the person behind the shooting was stopped, news came that the officers, better known as the dynamic duo in the institution, were dead.
Alexander Wyatt Campbell, the suspect facing four felony charges for shooting and killing a Bridgewater College campus safety officer and police officer, was a Bridgewater student athlete from 2013 to 2017, college confirms. This is the 27-year-old’s mugshot. @8NEWS pic.twitter.com/zaJsYyDOOd
— Deanna Allbrittin (@deannaTVnews) February 2, 2022
Who Is Alexander Wyatt Campbell? Bridgewater College Shooter Explored
Alexander Wyatt Campbell is a former student of the Bridgewater college who shot two safety officers to death.
He was an ace athlete in the college’s track and field team.
Campbell graduated from the college in 2013 and was untraced after that.
The 27-year-old man doesn’t have any previous criminal history and is said to be in a proper state of health and mental stability.
While the actual motive behind the incident is unknown, further investigation is going on at the moment.
What Did Alexander Wyatt Campbell Do?
Alexander Wyatt Campbell killed two safety officers at Bridgewater college as he approached the premises with weapons.
He tried to break into the college area with guns loaded and was stopped at the gate.
As the college officers, John Painter and J.J Jefferson, got the call about a suspicious male approaching the institution, they approached Campbell.
When the officers were approaching the armed guy, he shot both of them and fled the scene.
The search took place for hours and in the meantime, the officers were declared dead after they couldn’t recover from the fatal injury.
Alexander Wyatt Campbell, a 27-year-old Virginia man, has been named as the active shooter suspect accused of shooting and killing two campus police officers at Bridgewater College. He was arrested after suffering a non-life-threatening gunshot wound: https://t.co/aIKfnkwYP2 pic.twitter.com/g3zKJkXJof
— Tom Cleary (@tomwcleary) February 2, 2022
Is Alexander Wyatt Campbell Arrested?
Yes. Alexander Wyatt Campbell is arrested after the police officers underwent a wide search activity.
Campbell fled the scene and was nowhere to be seen for hours.
After the initial observation, the police laid a vast search team and finally located Alexander after hours of continuous attempts.
He was immediately transported to prison and is now waiting for his trial as he passes his time in jail.
He is incarcerated in the Rockingham County Jail as reported by Heavy.
While he is in the custody, further investigation is reportedly proceeding.