Killer faces an array of charges after a Staunton Virginia murder
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2025 6:05 pm
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STAUNTON, VIRGINIA - The Norfolk Police Department arrested a Staunton man on Saturday. At 9:03 a.m., the Staunton Police Department responded to a shooting in the 100 block of Gray Avenue. When Staunton officers arrived, the suspect had already fled the scene, and was later found by Norfolk police.
The suspect was identified as 44-year-old Charles Ray Smith of Staunton. Smith was charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle, and one adult male victim was transported to UVA Hospital for his injuries.
Smith has been charged with the following offenses:
Attempted murder
Two counts of aggravated malicious wounding
Reckless handling of a firearm
Shooting at an occupied vehicle
Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony
Shooting a firearm in a public place
Possession of a firearm by a felon
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