Shooting At or From a Vehicle in Virginia
Virginia specifically criminalizes shooting at or from a vehicle in Virginia. Shooting at a vehicle in Virginia can be penalized a number of different ways, and shooting from a vehicle is a Class 5 felony. For more information shooting at or from a vehicle in Virginia, see below.
Shooting At or From a Vehicle in Virginia
Shooting From a Vehicle in Virginia
Shooting at or from a Vehicle in Virginia is a Felony and Can Have Very Severe Penalties
Intentionally discharging a firearm from a motor vehicle so as to create the risk of injury or death to another person or causing another person to have a reasonable apprehension of injury or death is a felony under Va. Code §18.2-286.1.
Penalty for Shooting from a Vehicle in Virginia
Shooting from a Vehicle in Virginia under Va. Code §18.2-286.1 is a Class 5 felony, punished with up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $2,500.
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Shooting at a Vehicle in Virginia
Shooting at a Vehicle in Virginia is a felony and the penalty varies based on the offender’s intent, whether someone died as a result of. the shooting, and if an emergency services vehicle was the target.
This offense is committed when an offender maliciously or unlawfully shot at or threw a missile at or against a train or car on any railroad or other transportation company or any vessel or other watercraft, or any motor vehicle or other vehicles when occupied by one or more persons whereby the life of any person on such train, car, vessel, or other watercraft, or in such motor vehicle or other vehicle may be put in danger.
Penalty for Shooting at Vehicle in Virginia
Maliciously Shooting at or Throwing Missiles at a Vehicle in Virginia (Va. Code §18.2-154) is a Class 4 felony. It is punished with up to 10 years in prison and a fine up to $100,000. If someone died as a result of the malicious shooting or throwing, the offender can be charged with Second Degree Murder. If the killing was willful, deliberate, and premeditated, the offender can be charged with First Degree Murder.
Unlawfully Shooting at a Vehicle in Virginia (Va. Code §18.2-154) is a Class 6 felony, punished with up to 5 years in prison and a fine up to $2,500. If someone died as a result of the shooting, the offender can be charged with and convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter.
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If a person maliciously or unlawfully shot at a marked law-enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services vehicle, he or she will be sentenced to a mandatory minimum of one year in prison and that sentence cannot be served concurrently with any other sentence.
There are a Number of Different Firearm Crimes in Virginia
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