VIRGINIA — Virginia State Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting on Interstate 85.
Troopers were called around 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, to a report of a shooting along I-85 north at mile marker 5. When they arrived, they found a Honda Civic that had run off the right side of the road and stopped at a covered drain. The driver, identified as 20-year-old Hunter A. Bates, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have obtained warrants for Jason Allen Glidewell II, 19, of Bracey, Virginia.
He is charged with second-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of a felony. Glidewell is described as Caucasian, 5 feet 7 inches tall and 160 pounds.
He is believed to have ties to Richmond and Henrico and may be driving a silver 2007 Chevy Avalanche with Virginia license plate TFN 1004. Authorities said Glidewell should be considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Virginia State Police Division 3 Dispatch at 1-800-552-0962 or Division 1 Dispatch at (804) 750-8758.
