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Police have suspect in custody following Monday

Augusta County law enforcement officials announced in a press conference yesterday that they have apprehended Ralph Leon Jackson, a man suspected of shooting two people at Rock Point Overlook at about 7:30 Monday evening at mile marker 10 of the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The victims, 18-year-old Christina Floyd of Fluvanna County and 27-year-old Timothy Davis of Charlottesville, were taken to the University Medical Center.

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