A man has been arrested following a weekend shooting in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, that injured three people. On Monday, November 9, 2026, the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office arrested Cordaris Kwame Townes, 36, and charged him with three counts of malicious wounding and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the sheriff's office. Townes is currently in the Pittsylvania County Jail under no bond, awaiting his first court appearance.
Source: WBTM Danville, reporting the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office, Nov 9, 2026
The shooting occurred on Saturday at 5:04 a.m. in the area of 800 North Point Lane, near Danville, the sheriff's office said. Deputies responded to the area in reference to gunshots, and a crime scene was identified in the parking lot at the North Point apartments.
Source: WBTM Danville, Nov 9, 2026
A short time after deputies arrived on scene, two females and one male arrived at SOVAH Health Danville suffering from gunshot wounds, the sheriff's office said. The office has not released the victims' names, and its first statement on the case said the names of the victims will not be released at this time. Anyone with information related to the incident was asked to call the Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office at 434-432-7840.
By Monday's update, two of the victims had been treated and released, while one remained in the hospital, the sheriff's office said. The office has not given the condition of the victim who remains hospitalised, and it has not said what led up to the shooting in the apartment-complex parking lot in the early hours of Saturday.
The charges, in full
Townes faces three counts of malicious wounding — one count for each wounded person — and one count of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, according to the sheriff's office. In Virginia, malicious wounding is the charge used when prosecutors allege a person shot, stabbed, cut or otherwise wounded another person unlawfully and with the intent to maim, disfigure, disable or kill; it is a felony charge, and the separate firearm count alleges that a gun was used while committing a felony. These are charges, not findings: Townes is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.
The sheriff's office has NOT released a motive, has NOT named the victims, and has NOT described the events leading up to the 5:04 a.m. shooting in the North Point apartments parking lot. The case is under investigation. Tips: Pittsylvania County Sheriff's Office, 434-432-7840.
Background: North Point Lane and the Danville edge of the county
The North Point apartments sit on North Point Lane on the Danville side of Pittsylvania County, in Virginia's Southside — the largely rural belt along the North Carolina line where Danville is the main city and hospital centre. SOVAH Health Danville, where all three wounded people arrived on Saturday morning, is the hospital that serves Danville and the surrounding county area, and it is where deputies and investigators pieced together the first picture of the case: three people wounded, a parking-lot crime scene, and, by Monday, one named suspect in custody.
For residents of the apartment complex, the facts released so far describe a shooting in a shared parking lot before dawn on a Saturday — the kind of incident that leaves a whole complex waiting for answers about whether it was targeted or random. The sheriff's office has not answered that question publicly, and its statements have stayed narrow: the time, the place, the three wounded people, and now the arrest.
What happens next
Townes remains in the Pittsylvania County Jail under no bond, awaiting his first court appearance, the sheriff's office said. At that appearance a judge will address the charges and bond formally, and the case will then move through the county's court process while investigators continue their work. The sheriff's office says the case is under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to call 434-432-7840.