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Parkway shooter indicted for 1st degree murder

by Lisa Provence
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published 2:26pm Wednesday Nov 10, 2010
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news-ralphleonjacksonA tip led police to mechanic Ralph Leon Jackson .
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Ralph Leon Jackson, the Stuarts Draft man charged in the April 5 shootings on the Blue Ridge Parkway, has been indicted for the premeditated murder of WNRN DJ Tim Davis and for use of a firearm during the shooting.

A federal grand jury indicted Jackson, 57, in September for assaulting Christina Floyd with intent to commit murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, and for discharging a Harrington & Richardson 20-gauge shotgun during the attack on the couple watching the sunset at Rock Point Overlook.

Jackson faces the death penalty if convicted of the newest charges, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.

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5 comments

  • trincey November 10th, 2010 | 3:54 pm

    What a useless waste of life. Fry this turkey. The sooner, the better. I hate the thought of my tax money keeping this POS alive one more minute sooner than it has to be.

  • Hebe boy November 10th, 2010 | 5:20 pm

    +1

  • BB November 10th, 2010 | 8:30 pm

    Seven months so much for speedy justice. Now how long before the trial and the appeals, I’ll die first.

  • Joe November 10th, 2010 | 10:30 pm

    Trincey & Hebe boy - Its cheaper - i.e. costs less of your taxpayer money to keep him alive.

    In case you then want to then whine about all of the gunk involved in the legal process that makes everything so costly - well, its there to protect YOU, and me and us all from the state. If you don’t get that then you have obviously never been wrongly accused of anything. It happens every single day.

  • Extra Crispy November 12th, 2010 | 10:30 pm

    Fair trial, one appeal, then extra crispy. What a useless bas**** to do what he did.

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