Just after 7:00 a.m. a shooting was reported to Metro 911. The incident occurred in an apartment in Perkins Parke Apartments, on Drexel Place, Cross Lanes, WV.
An adult woman was shot in the abdomen. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office responded with the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority. An ambulance transported her to an area hospital. No update on her condition is available at this time.
Detectives began an investigation: interviewing witnesses and neighbors, and collecting evidence. Since then a 17 year old suspect has been identified and located. Investigators will confer with the assistant prosecuting attorneys about possible charges.
The matter may have been an accidental shooting, but is still under investigation.
A Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office bloodhound, Loosey, and her handler Cpl. C. E. O’Neal, tracked along a path taken by the suspect. A pistol was recovered that matches the description of the handgun used in the morning’s shooting.
As this matter involves a juvenile the volume of information released from this time forward will be limited.