CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – Charlottesville Police have released the identity of the man who died September 15 of a self-inflicted gunshot while officers tried to apprehend him on Elliott Avenue. The Daily Progress reports 43-year old Robert Damon Hughes, Jr. was a Charlottesville High School grad working as a self-employed handyman.
City Police say an officer who knew Hughes, and knew there was an arrest warrant out for him, approached Hughes in his car on Elliott Avenue. Hughes sped away, hit a number of vehicles on Elliott and a portion of 6th Street SE, stopped, then shot himself as officers approached again.
The investigation continues.
