Details are few, but this is what we know about a partial lockdown affecting two schools in Stafford County.
From Stafford County Schools spokeswoman Sherrie Johnson:
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Tackett’s Mill Rd. has reopened. pic.twitter.com/NRhep7GIXk
— StaffordCoSheriff (@staffcosheriff) June 1, 2017
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A drone helped investigators find the man caused a partial lockdown at two Stafford County schools today.
Police used the drone to identify the suspect they say fired shots at a home on Tacketts Mill Road about 10:05 a.m. A woman called 911 to report that a man became angry and then firing shots into a car parked on the property.
The woman and her young son were at home at the time shots fired. Stafford authorities went to the scene where witnesses told them they saw a man fire shots into the vehicle and walk back inside the home, according to a Stafford sheriff’s spokeswoman.
The woman and her son were able to escape the house without injury. Deputies then had to determine if the shooter was still inside the home and later learned that he was not.
Stafford deputies erected a perimeter that covered a section of western Stafford County from Rockhill Church Road & Dunbar Drive to the Fauquier County Line.
The sheriff’s office used SWAT teams, K9 units, and a drone to search for a man known as “Patrova.” Police later learned that name was an alias.
Later, police used the drone to spot a suspect along Barrington Woods Boulevard. A SWAT team moved in and arrested the suspect without incident.
Jeffrey Owens is charged with Felony Possession of a Firearm and Reckless Handling of a Firearm and is incarcerated at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on no bond.
Owens was also wanted in connection to weapons and a probation violation, according to the Stafford sheriff’s office.
