I-64 sniper wracked by guilt after rampage (Va.)

[Blue_Tires]

Source: Daily Progress

The full import of what happened that March night started to hit Brandon Dawson when he went home to Crozet and saw the shootings on the news. A chorus of “what ifs” started to run through the 16-year-old’s head — What if he had killed someone? What if one of the victims had been a family member?

“I was restless,” Dawson said. “I couldn’t lay down. I couldn’t eat. I was upset. I wanted to calm myself down, but I didn’t know how.”

Prior to being sentenced Tuesday on firearm charges, Dawson filled in the details of what took place March 26, the night of the Interstate 64 shootings. The teenager gave his account in Albemarle Cir-cuit Court before he was sentenced to a 180-day intensive juvenile program.

Dawson said he and Slade A. Woodson had been working on one of the 19-year-old’s cars when they got frustrated and went for a drive. Blowing off steam turned into drinking, Dawson testified, and he downed eight to 10 cans of beer from a case in Woodson’s car in about three-and-a-half hours. It was the first time Dawson had tried alcohol.

Dawson testified that Woodson fired off the first shots during their night out.

“Truthfully, we didn’t think anything got hit,” Dawson testified Tuesday.



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Funny that he feels guilt, but there is no apology for all the people he took potshots at, putting an entire region of the state in a panic...

[peoli]

1. What a dickhead

[Indenturedebtor]

2. Oh yeah and it was his first time drinking lah blah

180 days? How about 8 years of community service?

Lock the 19 year old up for terrorising the public.

Little shitheads.

[bean fidhleir]

3. From the description, he's a rather innocent kid and maybe not very bright

The alcohol eliminated his inhibitions and, probably, whatever ability he had to evaluate the situation cognitively. What he did was abysmally stupid, but not wicked. And, fortunately for everyone, not the cause of major injury.

[underpants]

4. Yeah the local rag around her went with the "Just a reallly nice boy"

well except the part about him stealing a car from his "best friends" family and setting it on fire and let it burn on the side of the road...not that that should have sent up any flags or anything

:eyes::sarcasm:

[bean fidhleir]

6. I guess I missed seeing the part about the car. That's not so good. (nt)

[WriteDown]

5. sorry misread title, n/t