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In the event of the death of any such person, resulting from such malicious shooting or throwing, the person so offending is guilty of murder in the second degree. However, if the homicide is willful, deliberate, and premeditated, he is guilty of murder in the first degree.\n\t\tIf any such act is committed unlawfully, but not maliciously, the person so offending is guilty of a Class 6 felony and, in the event of the death of any such person, resulting from such unlawful act, the person so offending is guilty of involuntary manslaughter.\n\t\tIf any person commits a violation of this section by maliciously or unlawfully shooting, with a firearm, at a conspicuously marked law-enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services vehicle, the sentence imposed shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year to be served consecutively with any other sentence.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":266365,"text":"Any person who maliciously shoots at, or maliciously throws any missile at or against, any train or cars on any railroad or other transportation company or any vessel or other watercraft, or any motor vehicle or other vehicles when occupied by one or more persons, whereby the life of any person on such train, car, vessel, or other watercraft, or in such motor vehicle or other vehicle, may be put in peril, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. In the event of the death of any such person, resulting from such malicious shooting or throwing, the person so offending is guilty of murder in the second degree. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1960, chapter 358; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15; in 1990, chapter 426; in 2004, chapter 461<\/a>; in 2005, chapter 143<\/a>; in 2013, chapters 761<\/a> and 774<\/a>; in 2015, chapters 502<\/a> and 503<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":80246,"section_number":"17.1-805","catch_line":"Adoption of initial discretionary sentencing guideline midpoints","order_by":null,"url":"\/17.1-805\/"},{"id":74660,"section_number":"19.2-392.12","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Sealing of offenses resulting in a deferred and dismissed disposition or conviction by petition","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-392.12\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":165849,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74056,"identifier":"18.2-154","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-154","url":"\/18.2-154\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-154\/","token":"18.2\/5\/8\/18.2-154","dublin_core":{"Title":"Shooting at or throwing missiles, etc., at train, car, vessel, etc.; penalty","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-154","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any person who maliciously shoots at, or maliciously throws any missile at or against, any train or cars on any railroad or other transportation company or any vessel or other watercraft, or any motor vehicle or other vehicles when occupied by one or more persons, whereby the life of any person on such train, car, vessel, or other watercraft, or in such motor vehicle or other vehicle, may be put in peril, is guilty of a Class 4 felony<\/span>. In the event of the death of any such person, resulting from such malicious<\/span> shooting or throwing, the person so offending is guilty of murder<\/span> in the second degree. However, if the homicide<\/span> is willful, deliberate, and premeditated, he is guilty of murder<\/span> in the first degree.\n\t\tIf any such act is committed unlawfully, but not maliciously, the person so offending is guilty of a Class 6 felony<\/span> and, in the event of the death of any such person, resulting from such unlawful act, the person so offending is guilty of involuntary manslaughter<\/span>.\n\t\tIf any person commits a violation of this section by maliciously or unlawfully shooting, with a firearm, at a conspicuously marked law<\/span>-enforcement, fire, or emergency medical services vehicle, the sentence imposed shall include a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year to be served consecutively with any other sentence.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSHOOTING AT OR THROWING MISSILES, ETC., AT TRAIN, CAR, VESSEL, ETC.; PENALTY (\u00a7\n18.2-154)\n\nAny person who maliciously shoots at, or maliciously throws any missile at or\nagainst, any train or cars on any railroad or other transportation company or\nany vessel or other watercraft, or any motor vehicle or other vehicles when\noccupied by one or more persons, whereby the life of any person on such train,\ncar, vessel, or other watercraft, or in such motor vehicle or other vehicle, may\nbe put in peril, is guilty of a Class 4 felony. In the event of the death of any\nsuch person, resulting from such malicious shooting or throwing, the person so\noffending is guilty of murder in the second degree. However, if the homicide is\nwillful, deliberate, and premeditated, he is guilty of murder in the first\ndegree.\n\t\tIf any such act is committed unlawfully, but not maliciously, the person so\noffending is guilty of a Class 6 felony and, in the event of the death of any\nsuch person, resulting from such unlawful act, the person so offending is guilty\nof involuntary manslaughter.\n\t\tIf any person commits a violation of this section by maliciously or unlawfully\nshooting, with a firearm, at a conspicuously marked law-enforcement, fire, or\nemergency medical services vehicle, the sentence imposed shall include a\nmandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year to be served consecutively\nwith any other sentence.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 18.1-152; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1990, c. 426;\n2004, c. 461; 2005, c. 143; 2013, cc. 761, 774; 2015, cc. 502, 503.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}