CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – A year after four people were shot in the city at Halloween party, Charlottesville Police responded to a report of gunfire at Tonsler Park on Saturday, according to a social media post by the department. Shortly after 8 p.m., CPD posted on Facebook that it had responded to a shots fired incident at 500 Cherry Ave.

The initial post alerted the public of a large police presence in the area.

Just after 9:15 p.m., the department updated the post to say officers were no longer on the scene but that the incident remained under investigation. No other information was immediately available.

In 2025, CPD responded when officers heard gunfire and responded to 1147 River Road, where they found four people, including a gunman, had been shot following an altercation at a private Halloween party