Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis, center, gives a press conference about a fatal interaction between a car and a pedestrian on Nassau Street, Monday, July 15, 2024, at the ...

Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis defended his officers' recent conduct in Market Street Park during a press conference on Thursday.

Charlottesville Police Chief Michael Kochis says his department is close to making arrests after a Fourth of July shooting injured five bystanders, including two small children.