CHURCHVILLE – The Augusta County Sheriff’s Office said two people have been arrested following a double shooting at a party that injured two teenage girls in Churchville Saturday evening.
The sheriff’s office received a call about a shooting near the intersection of Buffalo Gap Highway and Churchville Avenue at 10:35 p.m.
Officers went to the scene where they found the two girls, ages 17 and 19, shot. The Churchville Rescue Squad took both to Augusta Health in Fishersville, where they were listed in critical condition, the sheriff’s office said Sunday. A second press release stated that their conditions had stabilized.
Both victims were shot in the legs.
Evidence was collected at the scene and the suspects were identified as Isaiah J. Cassell, 21, of Mount Solon, and Matthew T. Cassell, 20, of West Augusta, according to a second news release. The suspects were seen leaving the area in a black Ford Mustang. Augusta County Sheriff Donald Smith said the suspects are cousins.
Officers arrested Isaiah Cassell in the 1100 block of Mount Solon Road. Several hours later, Matthew Cassell was arrested in the 600 block of Stribling Springs Road.
Isaiah Cassell is charged with three counts of using a firearm in a threatening manner while committing or attempting to commit aggravated malicious wounding, two counts of aggravated malicious wounding and one count of attempted malicious wounding.
Matthew Cassell is charged with three counts of violating bond conditions, three counts of accessory before using a firearm in the commission of a crime, and two counts of accessory before serious injury, the sheriff’s office said. .
Both suspects are being held without bond at the Middle River Regional Jail in Verona.
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