Shooting in Augusta County results in arrest of Newport News man
Published Friday, Apr. 30, 2021, 3:14 pm
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Jordan Crews. Photo courtesy Augusta County Sheriff’s Office.
A Newport News man is in custody in connection with a shooting into an occupied vehicle that apparently stemmed from a dispute in a parking lot in the Fishersville area Thursday night.
Jordan Crews was apprehended in the early-morning hours of Friday in Staunton and is being held in Middle River Regional Jail on a bundle of felony charges related to the shooting.
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The driver, Ronald A. Colvin, 87, died at the scene.
The Augusta County Sheriff s Office said the deadly crash occured during a pursuit of Colvin. Speeds reached 100 mph during the chase.
The sheriff s office said an Augusta County deputy was headed westbound Thursday shortly before 11 p.m. in the 2900 block of Parkersburg Turnpike (Va. 42) in Swoope when he noticed a vehicle quickly approaching him from behind.
The deputy checked the vehicle’s speed with radar and determined it was going 75 mph. The vehicle tailgated the deputy, who was operating a marked cruiser, before passing him on a solid double-yellow line and accelerating to 85 mph, the sheriff s office said.