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February 19, 2020 | Vol. 19, No. 8 | www.princewilliamtimes.com | 50¢ Covering Prince William County and surrounding communities, including Gainesville, Haymarket, Dumfries, Occoquan, Quantico and the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.

Casino bargain could bring bigger ‘Rosie’s’ to Dumfries By Daniel Berti and Jill Palermo Times Staff Writers

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The shootings took place sometime Friday, Feb. 14, at the Norwood family’s home on Elk Run Road in the Midland area of Fauquier County.

Fauquier teen charged in deaths of mom, brother By Robin Earl

Times Staff Writer

Levi Norwood, the Fauquier County teen charged in the fatal shootings of his mother and younger brother, was apprehended at a Target store in Durham, North Carolina, on Saturday afternoon after he was caught shoplifting hair dye, clothing and a backpack, authorities said. Norwood, 17, was arrested at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, about 22 hours after his father, Joshua Norwood, told police Levi Norwood shot him at about 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 14, when the elder Norwood arrived at the family’s home in the Levi Norwood, 17, is Midland area of Fauquier County. Joshua Norwood found his wife, Jennifer Nor- accused in the shooting wood, 34, and his 6-year-old son, Wyatt Nor- deaths of his mother, wood, dead of apparent gunshot wounds in the Jennifer Norwood, 34, and his younger brother home, authorities said. Wyatt Norwood, 6. The teen initially gave the Target loss prevention officers a false name. But it was his short purple hair -- a key part of his description shared widely by police -- that led authorities to connect him to the Virginia homicides, said Sgt. James Hartman, spokesman for the Fauquier County Sheriff’s Office. Levi Norwood dyed his hair purple in the days before the shootings. His hair remained purple when he was arrested, Hartman said. During a Sunday afternoon press conference, Mosier revealed several more details about triple shootings, including that the victims were shot with a pistol and sustained gunshot wounds to the upper body. See SHOOTING, page 4 INSIDE Business.............................................11 Calendar.............................................14 Classifieds...........................................18 Lifestyle..............................................12

Last November, Dumfries voters approved a referendum to allow a “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium” betting parlor with 150 slot-like betting machines. Now, bills advancing in the Virginia General Assembly could add an additional 1,800 machines, possibly resulting in a Dumfries off-track betting facility as big as some casinos. The new rules are part of omnibus bills to authorize Virginia’s first casinos in the cities of Portsmouth, Richmond, Norfolk, Danville and Bristol if voters in those localities approve ballot referendums next November. The casinos are expected to negatively impact other gambling op-

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An artist’s rendering of the planned façade for a proposed Rosie’s Gaming Emporium in Dumfries. erations in the state, including the pari-mutuel betting parlors Colonial Downs operates in Richmond, Hampton, New Kent County and Vinton under the brand-name “Rosie’s Gaming Emporium.” See ROSIE’S, page 2

Planners: County needs 19 more schools by 2040 By Daniel Berti

Times Staff Writer

Prince William County planning staff say the county will need at least another 14 elementary schools, three middle schools and two high schools by 2040 to keep up with projected growth. The county’s projected school needs were included in the community education chapter of the county’s Comprehensive Plan update presented to the Prince William Board of County Supervisors last week. Prince William County schools are currently overcapacity by 1,200 students, according to staff. But the school division is already planning for six new elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools

in the coming years. The new schools are included in the school division’s 10-year capital improvement plan and are slated to be completed at over the next eight years. “We’re busy building schools every year,” said David McGettigan, Prince William County’s long-range planning manager during a supervisors’ work session on Tuesday, Feb. 11. McGettigan said two new high schools – the county’s 13th and 14th -- are planned for the western and mid-county areas. The 13th high school is already under construction and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2021. A site for the 14th high school is proposed near Hoadly Road and Prince William Parkway. See SCHOOLS, page 4

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