A 19-year-old reported being shot in a housing complex near the JMU campus on Saturday night, and Harrisonburg Police are still trying to figure out what went down.
The unidentified teen is not a JMU student, per a release from the PD; he was shot in the upper leg, and was taken to Sentara RMH by ambulance and then flown to UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
The incident in the 1200 block of Devon Lane was reported to police at 10:38 p.m. Saturday.
JMU Police issued a shelter-in-place notification for those in the area at 11:12 p.m. due to the concentration of students in the housing complex.
The release from the Harrisonburg Police Department tells us that while HPD officers and detectives were investigating the shooting on Devon Lane, a separate call for service was dispatched stating that a brandishing had just occurred in the 1200 block of South Main Street.
The release tells us that it is not believed at this time that the two incidents are related.
Harrisonburg residents, per the release, should expect to see an increase in patrol officers in and around student housing this coming weekend in response to these incidents.
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