One dead, four injured after shooting at Blacksburg nightspot, police say

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7. Patrick Henry High School student killed in Blacksburg shooting, four injured; suspect taken into...

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Patrick Henry High School student killed in Blacksburg shooting, four injured; suspect taken into custody

Mike Niziolek , Mike Gangloff 9 hrs ago

BLACKSBURG — A student at Roanoke’s Patrick Henry High School died late Friday in a shooting at a downtown Blacksburg hookah lounge. Police took a man into custody for his slaying and for the wounding of four others.

In a statement issued Saturday night, Blacksburg police identified the person killed in the shooting as Isiah O. Robinson, 18. They said that six warrants have been issued for Jamel D. Flint, 24: for first-degree murder, four counts of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of using a gun to commit a felony.

After 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, the Blacksburg police issued a statement saying Flint "has been taken into custody in Roanoke Virginia without incident." ... Earlier in the evening, police said Flint was considered to be armed and dangerous. The Blacksburg police statement offered no explanation as to why the department waited almost 20 hours to disclose that an armed and dangerous suspect was at large.

Robinson, a linebacker and running back, was mourned in a Saturday night post on the Patrick Henry football team Twitter account. It included a picture of Robinson in his Patriots uniform with No. 3 on his chest. “Isiah will be missed and our hearts and prayers go out to his family, football family and friends,” the tweet said.

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Staff writer Robert Anderson contributed to this report.

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