From the Stafford Sheriff’s Office:
A suspect is in jail with several felony charges after a shooting Friday evening in the parking lot of the AutoZone on Warrenton Road.
At 5:31 p.m. deputies responded to 640 Warrenton Road for the report of a shooting. Deputy W.A. Bolinsky, Jr. arrived to find a male victim with a gunshot wound to his right elbow. Deputy Bolinsky began providing aid to the victim and applied a tourniquet to his arm.
This incident is still an active investigation. Initial information revealed the victim and three acquaintances were at the business to purchase auto parts. The suspect, Christopher Aubrey Thomas, 36, of Spotsylvania came to the business separately to assist with the purchase. Thomas had been in a previous relationship with one of the people in the victim’s vehicle.
While in the parking lot, Thomas grabbed a handgun that was in the vehicle and fired a round which struck the victim in the arm. Thomas then fled the scene in a blue Chevrolet pickup.
A lookout was broadcast for the suspect and his vehicle. Virginia State Police was able to stop the suspect in Caroline County and he was taken into custody without incident.
Thomas has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony and possession of a firearm by a felon. He is being held without bond at the Rappahannock Regional Jail. The victim was transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Stafford Sheriff’s Office would like to thank the Virginia State Police for their assistance in taking this suspect into custody.
