DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR)- A man has been arrested in connection to a July shooting in Danville, according to the Danville Police Department.
The shooting happened on July 19, 2024 in the 1500 block of Halifax Road. They found a 40-year-old security guard suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg. A 19-year-old man and 20-year-old woman, both from Danville, arrived at SOVAH Danville emergency room with non-life threatening gunshot wounds that also occurred at the same incident at a private party, according to investigators. Everyone was treated and released from the hospital.
On Friday, December 20, officers arrested 25-year-old Sameal Knowles. Knowles was charged with three counts of malicious wounding, three counts of a firearm in commission of a felony, three counts of reckless handling of a firearm that caused serious bodily injury, five counts of discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle, one count of shooting into an occupied dwelling, and one count of malicious damage.
He was arrested in North Carolina and is currently being held in Rockingham County Jail where he waits for extradition.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information, photos, or video of the incident is to contact the Danville Police Department by either calling 911, patrol at 434-799-6510 option 4, investigations at 434-799-6508 option 3, and option 1 again, contacting Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000.