GLEN ALLEN, Va. — Henrico Police are investigating several reports of cars being tampered with while parked in neighborhoods off Springfield Road in Glen Allen. In some case, thieves broke into the cars and stole items from inside.

The most recent incident was reported early Thursday morning.

“Henrico Police responded to the 9700 block of Kingscroft Drive for a larceny from an automobile,” a Henrico Police spokesperson said about the 3:45 a.m. crime. “At approximately the same time, a vehicle was found crashed and unoccupied at Springfield Road and Meredith Woods Road. That vehicle was determined to have been stolen.”

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here. Anyone with information about the crimes was asked to call Henrico Police at 804-501-5000.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A driver was charged with reckless driving after he crashed into a store attached to a West End gas station, according to Henrico Police.

Police received a 911 call for the accident at the Valero gas station, located at 6308 Horsepen Road -- off West Broad Street -- just after 10 a.m. Thursday.

Elford Dawkins was walking out of the store after paying for gas when he spotted a car racing toward him.

"I see the car pull up normally and then you could hear the acceleration of the engine," Dawkins remembered. "It hit the first curb and it didn't look like he was ready to stop."

Dawkins described jumping out of the way of the car's path, but he was still struck.
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"My arm is a little sore, but I'm still here though. At least I didn't catch the car with my stomach," he said.

A building inspector was called out to the crash to determine the building wouldn't crumble when the car was towed out from the entrance.

Dawkins didn't require any treatment on scene and was able to drive away. 

The driver, his passenger, and a clerk inside the store escaped uninjured.

The cause of the crash is under investigation.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Six-year-old Zuri is battling cancer now. But one day, the little girl would like to fight crime.

Virginia State Police posted her story on Facebook.

“Virginia State Police Sgt. A. Vowell and Trooper S. Pemberton, along with officers from Henrico County Police, recently met Zuri, a 6-year-old cancer patient, during the Fashion Funds the Cure event at the Dillard’s store at Short Pump Town Center in Henrico County,” the post read. “Zuri’s mother said her daughter is a “true fighter” who loves to play dress up with her younger siblings and hopes to someday become a police officer. Fashion Funds the Cure is a celebration of strength and courage as girls and boys battling cancer make their debut on the runway.”

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Workers at the Mondelēz International plant — formerly known as the Nabisco plant — on South Laburnum Avenue in eastern Henrico had to evacuate the facility early Friday morning after sprinklers inside the building activated.

Henrico firefighters responded to the plant overnight to fix the situation.

It was not immediately clear what caused the sprinklers to activate.

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

DOSWELL, Va. -- Route 30 is a 40-mile bucolic stretch through Caroline and King William counties, where mostly grain silos rise up to meet the skyline. Except right now at the western end, where two landmarks are clustered, hulking steel structures cut through the panorama of green and meet the skyline with promises of family fun.

The State Fair of Virginia opened at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 29 and runs through Oct. 8. For the next two weeks, the Ferris wheel greets folks, with the roller coasters from Kings Dominion waving on in the background.

The emphasis of the State Fair has evolved from just thrills and fried foods, with an attentive shift back towards the agricultural roots that first shaped the event over 150 years ago.

Until 2009, the event was previously held at the raceway on Laburnum, and the focus was entertainment. In 2013, the State Farm Bureau bought the State Fair – becoming the only such entity to own a fair.

With agriculture being the state’s number one industry, the whole affair makes sense. Even though the Richmond-metro locals grumble about the new location, with a move up north and just parallel to Interstate 95, the event jockeyed for greater access to the families of both the Tri-Cities and Northern Virginia.

If you build it, they will come. Attendance has trended upward, with crowds well over 200,000 recorded – though ultimately those final numbers are weather dependent.

“Probably the main reason we bought the fair was to use it as an education tool,” said Greg Hicks, vice president of communications for the bureau. “Obviously people have to be entertained, and we get that -- the carnival is important -- all the elements are.”

“It’s a good balance of agriculture, exhibits, education, rides, fair food and everything in between,” Hicks added.

Promises of funnel cake (pumpkin flavored too!), tater tots smothered in sausage gravy, and barbeque are still abundant, and beacons of deep-fried delights beckon from vantage points throughout the fairgrounds.

Fairgoers need the nourishment as the fairgrounds sprawl over 330-plus acres. This year, however, a more convenient layout reflects consumer feedback.

“The biggest change was shrinking our footprint, making it more walkable,” Hicks said. “We put Midway Madness in the middle for easier access.”

This moves the midway closer to Festival Loop area, and gives customers a much shorter distance to walk and better access to food concessions and entertainment. The Kidway children’s amusement feature has moved to an asphalt area, after its previous gravel location made maneuvering difficult with strollers.

New this year is also a craft beer event, a farm-to-table dinner, a recycling program and expanded VIP parking.

The farm-to-table dinner Barn Appetit that showcases local farmers and their products, will be held Oct. 6 in Meadow Hall. Tickets can be purchased online and includes admission to the fair and a free ride on the giant Ferris wheel.

That event also overlaps with the fair’s inaugural beer festival. The Virginia Craft Brewers Guild is a partner for the Blue Ribbon Craft Beer Fest, which will take place from 2 – 7 p.m., Oct. 6-8 at The Meadow Event Park.

High School students competed by designing Victory Gardens at the State Farm of Virginia

Tickets get you a souvenir tasting glass and unlimited four-ounce tastings from over 30 Virginia craft breweries like Alewerks Brewing Company, Reason Beer, Rock Bottom, Rusty Beaver, St. George, Starr Hill, Tradition, Kindred Spirit, Legend. Lickinghole Creek, Maltese, 7 Hills, Ardent Craft Ales, Backroom, Bald Top, Beltway, Brass Cannon, Bull Island, Dirt Farm, Escutcheon and Hardywood Park.

Each participating brewery will offer a sessionable beer and one of their flagship brews. Malt, honey and hops producers from Virginia also will be part of the event, to highlight beer’s direct tie to agriculture.

Tickets are $15 per person and must accompany an admission ticket to the State Fair.

That same weekend, on Oct. 6, the Richmond-based Three Sheets to the Wind blows onto the stage with classics from the 70s and 80s. FireHouse from nearby Charlotte, N.C., which includes Richmond-based band members, will perform Oct. 7.

New entertainment this year includes the stilt walking, hoop dancing performances by The Amazing Giants, acoustic music from the Crooked Road Music Series, airborne antics by the Xpogo Stunt Team, and demonstrations by the Virginia Loggers Association. That’s in addition to crowd favorites like racing pigs, pro-rodeo, demolition derby, and a Brunswick stew competition.

As for food, joining the lineup of fair favorites are the country tots (covered in sausage gravy and topped with bacon), poutine tots, super villan whoopie pie, peanut butter bacon dog with spicy jelly, redneck nachos, bbq soft tacos, and fried chicken on a stick.

Another change – good weather on tap for days, versus the dated catchprase: “It’s raining, the fair must be in town.”

“We hear that a lot. We’ve ordered some beautiful weather this year,” Hicks said.

For more info, see the State Fair of Virginia website.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Friends David Budnick and Roger Wingo have been playing Mega Millions together for about five years.

This month, their persistence paid off.

“I told him when we started playing that we’ll win $1 million,” Budnick said.

David, an exercise therapist, was right.

Using the computer to select their Easy Pick numbers, the friends matched the first five winning numbers in the September 26 Mega Millions drawing.

After he realized they won $1 million, David called his friend in the middle of the night to deliver the good news.

“I thought he’d rolled over on his phone,” Roger, a mail carrier from Amelia, said.

To prove they won, David sent Roger a photo of the winning ticket purchased at the Hari Sai Exxon on Ridgefield Parkway in Henrico’s far West End.

“It was a good night,” David said.

George Gentry

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- George Gentry, 32, of North Chesterfield, was arrested Friday near Parham Road in Henrico County.

Police said Gentry was arrested around 1:05 p.m. after officers pinned his vehicle in a parking lot near the intersection of Magellan Parkway and E. Parham Road.

Gentry, who was wanted for Attempted Capital Murder of a Police Officer, was driving a Ford Escape when he escaped police Thursday night after a pursuit along Interstate 95 in Richmond. Gentry, police said, refused to stop when officers tried to pull him over on I-95 south near Exit 73.

"During the course of the pursuit, as it re-entered the city of Richmond, Richmond Police lost sight of the suspect vehicle and the pursuit was discontinued,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said about Thursday's pursuit.

No one was injured during the pursuit.

The Attempted Capital Murder charge stemmed for an earlier incident in which Gentry allegedly backed his vehicle into a Henrico Police detective attempting to serve him a warrant on Jeff Davis in Richmond.

The officer was hospitalized with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

"Gentry was targeted by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task force pursuant to multiple felony warrants issued in the counties of Chesterfield (Probation Violation – Robbery, and Grand Larceny, Breaking and Entering, Burglary, Theft of a Firearm), Henrico (Grand Larceny and Breaking and Entering), Augusta (Probation Violation – Prisoner in Possession of Drugs) and the City of Richmond for Attempted Capital Murder of a Police Officer. He was considered to be armed and dangerous," according to a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task force spokesperson.

Police say Gentry will most likely face additional charges of eluding police.

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

RICHMOND, Va. -- Call it what you will. Any way you slice it, the circular office building nestled near Willow Lawn still commands attention.

"It looks like a flying saucer. Or a wedding cake It’s totally different," Haigh Jamgochian said.

But the Markel Building, just off of West Broad Street, is only half as interesting as its creator -- Haigh Jamgochian.

Jamgochian is the 93-year-old architect whose radical vision pushed the envelope in Richmond.

“I’m like Schultz. I know nothing. I really don’t. I’m the dumbest guy you’ll ever meet.But good looking. The women like me,” he said. “I had never done it before. I have this thing called. Imagination. That is a song. Imagination.”

Ever since he can remember, the Jackson Ward native born to immigrant parents was always doodling and designing in school and at home.

“It was a natural. I couldn’t read or write. I could draw and build,” Jam said.

His career in architecture would need to wait until after World War II. The U.S. Marine nicknamed Jam did his best to stay alive in the South Pacific.

“I was scared to death,” Jam said. “I always laid low. When there was noise I went the other way.”

Jam who studied at Princeton and Virginia Tech always thinks outside the box. His apartment building on Franklin Street that resembled a treehouse never materialized. But his big break arrived in 1960.

“It was a sketch that was no bigger than the palm of my hand,” Jam said. “I thought of a bunch of mushrooms made of concrete wrapped in glass.”

The Markel Corporation hired this avant-garde architect to create its headquarters.

“I drew it up and the Markel’s didn’t understand so I said I make you a model. So I made a model.”

After several redesigns Jam’s creation was born.

“It is circular. It has three levels,” Jam said.

His inspiration?

“Have you ever seen a baked potato wrapped in aluminum? That’s it,” he said.

A band of crinkled metal that Jam helped shape and secure.

“Someone handed me a 11-pound sledgehammer and it went ‘Click’ ‘Pop’. Pushed it right on in.”

Since opening in 1965 the Markel Building has been both celebrated and scorned.

“It got a lot of attention,” Jam said. “It was all in my mind. I had never done it before. I just had a feeling. It makes me sound like a somebody. I’m a nobody.”

The self-deprecating Jam remains uncomfortable with all of the attention. He never deems his accomplishments worthy.

But many think otherwise.

Jam’s collection of drawings, photos and models now sits in the Library of Virginia’s Special Collections. Jam donated the collection to the Library in 2004.

“It is unlike any other architecture feature that we have. It does look like a spaceship to me. Very futuristic. Almost Jetson’s like. Not something you would even see built even in 2017,” Dana Puga, with the Library of Virginia, said. “I imagine that caused a bit of an uproar.”

Puga said Haigh’s contributions should never be underestimated as she unpacked boxes of old photographs and drawings related to Jamgochian.

“He took everything into consideration. Going through his papers I know he is a unique character,” Dana said.

Back at his home on Richmond’s Southside, Jam remains uncomfortable in the spotlight.

“Yes it is. It is kind of embarrassing. I don’t think of it as ‘Look at what I did.’ I don’t look at it that way,” Jam said.

But there’s no denying Haigh Jamgochian is leaving his mark on the landscape of Richmond. An architect ahead of his time just like his crowning achievement in Willow Lawn ready for take-off.

“I don’t know anything about architecture. I just do what I do,” Jam said. “I was way ahead. I didn’t know it. But I was. I was out of sight.

Jam had another of his design’s built. The Moonhouse was a residential home that sat on the James River until it was torn down in 2004.

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HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Police are investigating a robbery that occurred inside a local Walmart Saturday afternoon.

Officers responded to multiple calls and alarms from tellers reporting a robbery at the Woodforest National Bank located inside the Walmart on the 7900 block of Brook Road around 2:15 p.m.  along with FBI agents. Detectives determined that a male suspect approached the counter and demanded money from the teller. The suspect displayed a handgun before grabbing a bag of money and fleeing the store on foot.

No one was hurt in the incident.

The suspect is described as a white male in his late 40s about 5’6 to 5’8 tall who was last seen wearing a black tackle hat, black shirt, and khaki pants.

Anyone with information about the suspect or who may have seen him in the Walmart or area parking lots is asked to contact Crime Stoppers  at 780-1000.

The investigation is ongoing.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Police have arrested a woman shoplifting with her kids in tow at a Khol's store in Henrico County.

Police said 33-year-old Nuseibah Abu was arrested for larceny at the Short Pump store Saturday afternoon.

Officers said Abu claimed her two young children put the items into her bags and purse.

Abu was charged with one count of Grand Larceny and two counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Police have arrested two suspects accused of breaking into a Henrico apartment and robbing the people inside.

Officers said the robbery happened late Saturday night at the North White Oak Apartments.

Puffenbarger and Wombles

The victim told police 22-year-old Jacob Puffenbarger and 21-year-old Johnathan Wombles walked into the apartment and demanded money and other items.

The victim was able to get away and call police.

Both men were arrested and charged with robbery.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A second Chesterfield man has been charged with the murder of a Henrico teenager.

James Edwin McLaughlin III, 20, of Chesterfield, was indicted by the grand jury for 1st degree murder, shooting from a vehicle, and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.

McLaughlin III is booked in Henrico Jail.

McLaughlin is the second man arrested in connection to the April 11 shooting death of a teenager on the grounds of Montrose Elementary School in Henrico.

Roger Craig Brown III, 20, was previously charged with 2nd degree murder.

Police responded to Montrose Elementary School in eastern Henrico over Spring Break in April to investigate reports of a shooting.

When officers arrived at the Williamsburg Road school, at about 9:38 p.m., they found Jamaa Khalik Scott suffering from a gunshot wound.

The 16-year-old shooting victim was taken to the hospital where he died.

After the shooting, neighbors said many people cut through the school property reach businesses on Williamsburg Road.

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

Anyone with information was asked to call Henrico Police at 804-501-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Two people were killed and a driver has been charged after a three-vehicle fatal crash on Interstate 295 in Henrico Monday afternoon.

Virginia State Police said the crash occurred at approximately 2:45 p.m. on I-295 at Exit 31.

“A 2000 Jeep Cherokee was traveling north on I-295. As it slowed to merge into traffic to take the exit ramp, it was struck in the rear by a northbound tractor-trailer,” said a state police spokesperson. “The impact of the crash caused the driver to lose control and cross into the left northbound lanes of I-295 where it collided with a northbound 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The impact of this second crash caused both Jeeps to run off the left side of I-295 into the median and overturn.

The adult male driver and adult female passenger in the 2013 Jeep both died at the scene. The driver ejected from the vehicle. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The female passenger was wearing a seatbelt.

Their names have not been released pending notification of next of kin.

The driver of the 2000 Jeep, a 17-year-old South Chesterfield, Va., male, was transported to VCU Medical Center for treatment of serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. He was wearing a seatbelt.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, identified as Larry L. Mognet, 61, of North Dakota, was charged with reckless driving. He was not injured in the crash.

State police are continuing to investigate the crash.

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A Pennsylvania couple was killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 295 in eastern Henrico County. The crash was reported at about 2:45 p.m. in Sandston (Exit 31).

“A 2000 Jeep Cherokee was traveling north on I-295. As it slowed to merge into traffic to take the exit ramp, it was struck in the rear by a northbound tractor-trailer. The impact of the crash caused the driver to lose control and cross into the left northbound lanes of I-295 where it collided with a northbound 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. The impact of this second crash caused both Jeeps to run off the left side of I-295 into the median and overturn,” a Virginia State Police spokesperson said. “The driver, Charles A. Decosmo, 57, of Sheppton, Penn., and passenger, Linda M. Decosmo, 56, of Sheppton, Penn., in the 2013 Jeep both died at the scene. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was ejected from the vehicle. The female passenger was wearing a seatbelt.”

The driver of the 2000 Jeep, a 17-year-old boy from Chesterfield, suffered serious, but non-life threatening, injuries. He was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment, according to Virginia State Police.

The tractor-trailer driver, Larry L. Mognet, 61, of North Dakota, was charged with reckless driving. He was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

HENRICO, Va. — The bow tie count is about to go up at one of Henrico’s busiest malls.

Collared Greens, a locally based men’s retailer specializing in button-downs, bowties, cummerbunds and polo shirts, opened its new shop Monday in Short Pump Town Center.

The store replaces its previous spot in the Libbie-Grove corridor, which Collared Greens had operated since 2013.

CEO Mason Antrim said the Short Pump store originally was set to be upstairs near L.L. Bean, but landed downstairs in a 1,600-square-foot space on the mall’s main level, bookended by women’s clothing store Free People and the mall services office.

The shop is open during regular mall hours – 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Those are longer days than on Grove, where it was open 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Antrim said the increased hours warranted the addition of five employees to his retail staff, adding to eight employees at the company’s Henrico office.

Continue reading on RichmondBizSense.com. 

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Virginia Blood Services shipped blood to help support the hospitals in Las Vegas treating hundreds of shooting victims.

More than 500 people were injured in Sunday night's mass shooting. Many of the patients lost a lot of blood and many needed surgery.

Virginia Blood Services is part of a national network of community blood services, so it shares inventory when there is a need.

Monday, VBS sent hundreds of units of blood to Nevada.

Now,  Virginia Blood Services is asking people in Virginia to help replenish the blood banks.

Michelle Westbay, marketing director at Virginia Blood Services, said red blood cells expire in 42 days and platelets and plasma expire in just five days

The need for blood, she said, is constant.

"The blood that we have on the shelve today is what will be used tomorrow. So you never know when a tragedy will occur," she said. "We were thankful and grateful that we had product to send to Las Vegas, and we need to maintain that inventory and replenish the inventory and it's not just national tragedies where we need it, there's personal local tragedies right here in our community that need blood."

Click here to find out how you can donate.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Santosh Kumar's little girls both ride the same Henrico County school bus.

He said the school system does a great job keeping his kids safe, but when we told him a CBS 6 investigation found some Henrico school buses speeding, he expressed concern.

"That's a major problem, 10-15 miles per hour over the speed is definitely a problem," Kumar said.

Josh Davis, the head of pupil transportation in Henrico County, agrees, but said his buses go the speed limit the vast majority of the time.

"We know that we're not perfect, sometimes drivers exceed the speed limit, we don't see it as a huge problem in Henrico County," Davis said.

In fact, new technology allows him to find out if any of his bus drivers exceeded the speed limit on any given day.

The county's new GPS system can compare speed limits with real-time bus speeds, which is something they could not do one year ago.

"[The company] offered it to us, I said I want it," Davis said.

Davis said the technology still does not send alerts every time a bus speeds like it does in Richmond, but it does allow Davis or his supervisors to access the data if they want it.

"From time to time our supervisors pull that report out of the system, maybe for one driver maybe for a set of drivers, maybe for the entire fleet," Davis said.

Josh Davis

Davis showed CBS 6 how it works.

He checked if any school buses went 10 miles per hour or more over the speed limit on the day of our visit.

A list popped up showing 67 instances of speeding.

He also typed in 15 miles per hour or over, and found one particularly concerning instance of alleged speeding.

"Here is one of concern and somebody is going to get a call if it really happened and it's the speed limit. This is somebody going 58 in a 35," Davis said.

"What can you say to parents who see this story, and may have concerns seeing that a bus was going most likely 15 over the speed limit?" CBS 6 Problem Solver investigator Melissa Hipolit asked Davis.

"We want our parents to know we expect our drivers to set a standard for safe and defensive driving, and when we find something ourselves, we are going to take action and counsel the drivers. If the actions are repeated they won't be driving for us much longer," Davis said.

So how often do Davis and his supervisors check for speeding?

He said from "time to time," but they always take a look if he receives a complaint.

"The data is there. I can reach out and grab it. Frankly, I don't feel I need an email every morning to tell me a list of X number of buses that have exceeded a speed limit," Davis said.

Yet, Kumar said he hopes Davis will consider utilizing the technology more often.

"How often do you think they should be checking how frequently buses are speeding?" Hipolit asked Kumar.

"At least twice a week minimum to get started with," Kumar responded.

Davis also pointed out that the system is flawed.

For example, our 15 mph or over search showed one bus going 113, 109, and 115 miles per hour, which are speeds that are impossible for a Henrico County school bus to reach.

He also showed us how the system read one stretch of Nine Mile Road as being 25 miles per hour, when it was a street that intersected with Nine Mile Rd. that had that speed limit, not Nine Mile Rd.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Facebook has something big in store for eastern Henrico County.

Facebook is planning to build a $1 billion data center in the White Oak Technology Park, according to a source with knowledge of the deal.

Governor Terry McAuliffe, along with state and Henrico County economic and government leaders, is expected to announce the deal at 9:45 a.m. today at the state capitol building.

The project has been in the works for some time, working its way clandestinely through the county’s economic development office under the codename Project Echo.

Documents filed in August show a multi-phase development at 5900 Elko Road that ultimately will span more than 328 of the tech park’s 1,500 acres.

Keep reading on RichmondBizSense.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. – Henrico Police are not seeking any suspects in a shooting that left a 20-year-old man dead.

On Wednesday, October 4, at approximately 9:30 p. m., Henrico Police and Fire responded to the 100 block of Longstreet Avenue for a shooting.

Officers discovered a male with apparent gunshot wounds who was pronounced dead at the scene. The male was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner who will determine manner and cause of death.

Police identified the victim as Quinton Peter King, age 20, of Henrico.

Detectives are not seeking any suspects and continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident. No charges have been placed.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact Henrico Police at 804-501-5000 or Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000. Citizens can also text Crime Stoppers at 274637, using the key word “ITip” followed by their tip. Both Crime Stoppers methods are anonymous.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Members of Henrico County's Incident Management Team said they are alert and ready to respond to any situation. The specialty team was established five years ago to handle large-scale disasters like the recent deadly massacre in Las Vegas.

“Our hearts go out to our brothers in law enforcement and EMS," said Henrico Fire Battalion Chief Jackson Baynard. “We feel their pain. We understand their pain.”

“You certainly don't want to lose anybody, particularly in a very hazardous environment, you want to make sure that everybody is accounted for," said Capt. Hank Smith with the Henrico County Sheriff's Office.

Members of Henrico County's Incident Management Team

“We have to ask ourselves are we making it better, safer or more efficient? For the boots on the ground, for the first responders and the job their doing. And we always strive to answer yes to those questions," said Chief Baynard.

Law enforcement officials, along with other county agencies, train together for large-scale incidents through classroom exercises and active shooting scenarios. One interactive drill was held recently at Kings Dominion, and county officials joined other response teams from across the state.

The training comes down to providing resources, setting up massive rescue and support operations, treating and transporting victims all while keeping the public safe.

“We feed a lot of people, we house a lot of people, we move a lot of people and we provide security for a lot of people," Smith said.

“I think that any agency that is not prepared for an event or a long-term event isn’t really preparing the way that they should be,"  Capt. Barker said.  “I think in this particular area, the citizens are safe."

The leadership said there were lessons learned from the deadly mass shooting in Las Vegas.

“Always look at being adaptive and looking at the next challenge that lies ahead of us," said Chief Baynard.

“We take their practices. The things that they did and we take what great about it. And we take things that maybe weren’t so great about it and then we put that together and try to plans. We try to create training scenarios," said Capt. Barker.