Man with sign near university amphitheater possibly has knife, Charlottesville VA
WeaponsA man stood near the amphitheater at the University of Virginia holding a large sign about Jesus and asked for a bathroom. A student saw something that might have been a knife in his back pocket, but it was not confirmed. The man is described as a bald, fifty-year-old wearing a hooded olive green and gray striped sweatshirt, sunglasses, and blue jeans.
Audio|Source: University of Virginia Police Department
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A student advised there's a male subject that put up a giant sign that says something about Jesus, and then asked where a bathroom was.
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She's directed him to Rouse Hall.
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Advise when she saw him going inside, it looked like he had something in his back pocket that could be a knife, but she couldn't confirm.
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Fifty-year-old (identity withheld) male, a known color hood.
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sweatshirt and sunglasses.
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Bald. Thank you. (name withheld).
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(name withheld).
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(name withheld)
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(name withheld) ACC, U.S. Russell, complaint call back in, said he had a striped sweatshirt, olive green, and gray, and black and color, and blue jeans.
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Thank you, right.
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Five seven minutes.
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I'm advising he's currently standing next to the sign about Jesus, next to the amphitheater.
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Correction by the batten school.
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Location mentioned:
Garrett Hall, 235 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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