VSP: Trooper assaulted on I-81, Harrisonburg man charged with attempted murder

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY — Virginia State Police said a state trooper was attacked by a man Sunday afternoon on Interstate 81, according to a press releas...

March 21, 2023
2:04 AM

ROCKINGHAM COUNTY — Virginia State Police said a state trooper was attacked by a man Sunday afternoon on Interstate 81, according to a press release. The incident took place at mile marker 242 shortly before 1:30 p.m. Police said the trooper was positioned in an emergency crossover lane when a car pulled into the same spot. A woman approached the trooper and said she'd been assaulted by her passenger. As she spoke to the trooper, 31-year-old Alberto Bravo Jr., of Harrisonburg, allegedly got out of her vehicle with a firearm and reportedly assaulted the woman.

Brad Zinn