Windows shot at historically black church in Pearisburg (VA)

Two windows at the First Baptist Church of Virginia Heights were shot with BB pellets.

Posted: Thursday, July 16, 2015 11:00 pm
By Robby Korth

Giles County Sheriff Morgan Millirons said his department is investigating what’s being described as a vandalism incident at a historically black church in Pearisburg.

Millirons said two church windows were shot with a BB gun at First Baptist Church of Virginia Heights at some point between July 5 and July 7 ...

The Roanoke Times also published an article July 3 in which Pearisburg Mayor Robert Dickerson said he would not attend a July 11 event honoring a local Confederate soldier at the Giles County Courthouse. In the article, Dickerson, the town’s first black mayor and a member of the First Baptist Church of Virginia Heights , said he sees the Confederate flag as a symbol of hate ...

Millirons said the investigation is ongoing. He said investigators have been unable to confirm social media posts that trucks with Confederate flags flying were spotted by witnesses in relation to the incident ...

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