(Danville, Va.) — Danville Police are looking for the man they believe lobbed two Molotov cocktails under a car in a motel parking lot last month.

27-year-old Colby Stefan Deshazo is wanted for violating a protective order. Deshazo is also being sought for questioning in the April 20 shooting and incendiary device incident at the Astoria Hotel on the Piney Forest Road.

Police were called to the Astoria about 9:30 that morning after two Molotov cocktails were thrown at a Chevy Impala.

Investigators said that the clerk at the front desk ran outside after hearing a pair of explosions. A shot was fired in her direction, but the bullet missed and struck the building. A spent shell casing was recovered at the scene.

The fire marshal was called because the car was set on fire. A K-9 unit from Pittsylvania County also responded but tracking dogs turned up nothing.

Anyone with information on Deshazo’s whereabouts is asked to call 911, or Danville Crime Stoppers at (434) 793-0000.

 

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