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Fredrick Kunkle is a former staff writer for The Post.
I never sleep with a gun under my pillow. But one night not long ago, I wished I had.
In late April, I was asleep in my house in the District — my spouse was on a business trip — when I opened my eyes and saw an intruder coming to the top of the stairs outside the bedroom. It was about 2:35 a. Read More...
A Virginia State University student was killed in an off-campus shooting Sunday night, according to authorities.
Daniel Wharton of Alexandria was a 19-year-old computer engineering major, a university spokesperson said. Police were called to the University Apartments at Ettrick, near VSU’s campus in a suburb of Richmond, shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday for a report of a shooting, authorities said.
Officers said they found Wharton suffering from gunshot wounds. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died, according to Chesterfield County police. Read More...