ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Tuesday, April 22, 1997 TAG: 9704220061
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: DIANE STRUZZI THE ROANOKE TIMES
In other police reports over the weekend, two men were shot in separate incidents on Gandy Drive.
A 23-year-old woman was pulled from her car and spat upon by an unidentified male motorist on Interstate 581 Saturday afternoon.
Police said a bottleneck slowed traffic near Hershberger Road about 4:20 p.m. Whitney Hollingsworth pulled into the right lane and a man in a large car pulled alongside her, beeping and yelling obscenities. The man pulled in front of her, forcing her to stop. He got out of his car, then accosted Hollingsworth as he tried to pull her from her car.
A passing motorist yelled at them to get out of traffic, police said. The man assaulting Hollingsworth got back into his car and fled. Hollingsworth, who was not seriously injured, gave police his license plate number. Police said it was not clear what motivated the attack.
On Friday, two men were shot on Gandy Drive Northwest in the Lincoln Terrace Housing Development. Roanoke police released these details Monday:
About 2 a.m. Friday, Darrell Nichols, 18, was shot in the right hand on the 1400 block of Gandy Drive Northwest. Police said Nichols told them he was standing in a group of people when one of them shot him. He was treated at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
At 9 p.m., Walker Madison Brown was shot in the chest with a BB gun. Police said Brown, 43, was standing with men on the 1800 block of Gandy Drive when one of them shot him. The pellet hit Brown in the rib. He was treated at Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital.
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