Bridgewater College shooting suspect attended the school from 2013-2017
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Alexander Wyatt Campbell, the suspect accused of shooting and killing two officers Tuesday on the campus of Bridgewater College, attended the school from 2013 to 2017 and was on the track and field team, according to a spokesperson for the school.
A spokesperson for Bridgewater College said the school could not provide other records for Campbell under the Family Educational and Rights Privacy Act. It's unclear if he graduated. J.J. Jefferson was shot and killed at Bridgewater College on Tuesday. (Bridgewater College) John Painter was shot and killed when a gunman opened fire on Bridgewater College's campus on Tuesday. (Bridgewater College) Police form a perimeter on Airport Road south of the North River in Bridgewater, Va., during a manhunt following a shooting at Bridgewater College Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record Via AP) Police block off College Street leading to Bridgewater College following a shooting on campus in Bridgewater, Va., Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record Via AP) A law enforcement officer takes cover in the area of Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia. (Michael Souders/via Reuters)
Campbell's only previous run-ins with law enforcement came in the summer of 2017, when he was charged with shoplifting and trespassing in relation to an incident on June 9, 2017, in Rockingham County, according to Virginia court records. He was also charged with failure to appear in court in 2018.
He was sentenced to a year of supervised probation in the shoplifting and trespassing case.