Dozens of shots fired at large Martinsville parties, one arrested

MARTINSVILLE, VA – Martinsville Police said they responded to two separate shootings with similar circumstances early Sunday morning.

First, police were called to the vicinity of Sunset Avenue and Red Oak Street around midnight and then to the 1200 block of Mountain Road around 2 a.m.

In both incidents, multiple shots were fired following the breakup of large parties mostly attended by juveniles, according to Martinsville Police Department Captain Sandy Hines.

Officers at the scene of the…