MECKLENBURG CO., Va. – Update:
The suspect wanted in connection with a deadly shooting on Interstate 85 turned himself in Wednesday night, according to Virginia State Police.
At about 6 p.m., an acquaintance of Jason Allen Glidewell II contacted a senior special agent with the Virginia State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s Appomattox Field Office. The acquaintance reported that Glidewell wanted to turn himself in and was at the Meherrin River Regional Jail in Alberta, Virginia.
Glidewell was taken into custody without incident with help from the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, the Town of Alberta Police Department, and troopers from the Virginia State Police Area 22 Office.
Glidewell is being held without bond at Meherrin River Regional Jail on charges of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The charges stem from a fatal shooting on Aug. 28 along northbound Interstate 85 at the 5-mile marker in Mecklenburg County. Glidewell also faces unrelated misdemeanor charges in Nottoway County.
Glidewell is scheduled to appear in Mecklenburg County General District Court on Thursday morning.
Update:
The 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche with Virginia Registration TFN 1004 has been located.
Original:
The Virginia State Police is continuing to ask the public’s help in locating a 19-year-old man in connection with a fatal shooting on I-85 in Mecklenburg County on Aug. 28.
Jason Allen Glidwell is described as a 5′7 white male 160 pounds and 19-years-old. Gildwell is believed to have ties to the Richmond/Henrico area and at the time of the shooting, he was believed to be driving a 2007 Chevrolet Avalanche with Virginia registration TFN 1004. VSP is also looking to locate the vehicle, which may have damage to the driver’s side door or front quarter panel.
Gildwell is considered to be armed and dangerous.
At approximately 3:47 p.m., Thursday afternoon (Aug. 28, 2025), Virginia State Police was notified of a shooting that occurred along Interstate 85 northbound at the five-mile marker in Mecklenburg County.
Troopers responding to the incident located a Honda Civic that had gone off the right side of the road and came to rest in a culvert.
The driver, 20-year-old Hunter Bates, was pronounced dead at the scene.
A female passenger was transported to an area hospital but was later released.