Police investigating after bullet pierces window of Virginia Attorney General’s Office in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Capitol Police is investigating after a bullet was discovered to have pierced the window of the Virginia Legal professional Normal’s Monday night.

Police mentioned officers have been referred to as to the Barbara Johns Constructing situated at 202 N ninth Road, simply after 7 p.m. Monday night. The 13-story constructing homes the Virginia Legal professional Normal (AG) Jason Miyares’ workplace, together with different state places of work. The AG’s workplace is housed on the sixth flooring of the constructing.

Police have been responding to the report {that a} bullet might have been fired right into a window from outdoors of the constructing. The Legal professional Normal’s Workplace mentioned that housekeeping employees discovered the bullet in a sixth-floor workplace.

Upon arrival, officers discovered the bullet and a small spherical gap close to the highest of a window within the workplace.

The AG’s workplace despatched out an announcement, saying, “There is no such thing as a indication that this incident was focused on the OAG particularly or any particular person worker.”

Capitol Police mentioned that an investigation into the incident is ongoing. Officers can be offering extra patrols within the space over the subsequent a number of days and could have an elevated presence on the constructing for the foreseeable future.