Search warrant reveals new details in Lynchburg Waffle House shooting

Odyssey Fields
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LYNCHBURG, Va. (WFXR) — Detectives in Lynchburg are still working on the details after a fight escalated to a shooting at Waffle House and left two people injured early Sunday morning.

Search warrants obtained by WFXR show that on April 21, Lynchburg officers and detectives were called to the Waffle House on Wards Road for a large fight. While officers were on the way to the scene, they learned that shots were fired.

At the scene, officers found the two victims with gunshot wounds.

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According to the documents, detectives spoke with several witnesses and collected security camera footage.

Detectives learned the male victim was seated, waiting to eat when a large group of men entered the restaurant. The records say the group allegedly surrounded and confronted the victim when a fight started.

After the fight, camera footage shows the group leaving the restaurant. Once outside, one of the men starts pacing outside the front window. A few moments later, shots were fired toward the restaurant causing the window to shatter and hitting a woman inside. The suspect then fled the scene in a dark-colored Nissan sedan. Investigators allegedly determined from security footage that the suspect’s gun had an extended magazine, as well as a description of his clothing.

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As the investigation continued, detectives were notified that the alleged shooter was Lynchburg resident Omarian Daquon Fitch, who was arrested on Sunday, April 21 for Aggravated Malicious Wounding, Malicious Wounding, Reckless Handling of a Firearm, Shooting into an Occupied Building, Property Damage, Use of Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, and Discharge a Firearm within the City Limit.

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