I thought I would update everyone regarding the drive-by shooting that happened in Greenville last week. The GPD, with the help of other PDs, have located and arrested the man identified as the shooter, Earl Richardson. He is being held at the PC Detention Center on bond, set at $5 million. The investigation continues, however, as police try to identify the other two men who were with Richardson that night.
An anti-violence march and vigil will take place tonight, beginning at The OP and ending at the cupola on The Mall.
Although I am proud to be a Pirate and applaud the GPD for their dilligence in this case, I was underwhelmed with the news coverage. Just because it didn't happen on campus (only a few hundred feet from the western edge of campus), doesn't make it any less newsworthy. I understand that for a short time, there was a serial killer on the lose in Gaston County; but, shouldn't having an armed man, who already killed two people, at large be news too?
The point: the shooter's been caught and now the search is on for the two men who were with him.
**According to The Daily Reflector (07-09-2009), the police are not expected to charge anyone else except Richardson's two counts of murder. There are no other suspects and no additional charges pending. Additional charges against Richardson are possible.**
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