Police Officer Mark Christopher Wagner, II

Mark Christopher Wagner, II

Police Officer Chris Wagner was shot and killed after responding to a domestic disturbance call at a home on Arrowood Lane at about 10:00 pm.

A man had assaulted two other men in the home and then left the residence. Officer Wagner located the subject in the woods line near the house after arriving at the scene. A struggle ensued, during which Officer Wagner was shot and killed with his own duty weapon. The subject was also shot during the struggle.

The subject was arrested by other Wintergreen police officers and deputies from the Nelson County Sheriff's Office. He was charged with capital murder, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and two counts of malicious wounding. In February 2025, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, use of a firearm, and malicious wounding, and was sentenced in September 2025 to 40 years for second-degree murder, three years for use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and five years for malicious wounding.

Officer Wagner had served with the Wintergreen Police Department for three years and had previously served as a police officer with the Massanutten Police Department for one year. He is survived by his mother, father, stepfather, stepmother, three brothers, and a sister.