One dead, two wounded in Wednesday morning shooting

By Paul Keane

The Wayne County News

(Editor's Note: At the time of this posting, officials with the Wayne

County Sheriff's Department could not be reached, presumably because

they were working the case and unavailable for comment. This newspaper

did try to reach out to officials with the department, and this story

will be updated as new information becomes available.)

One man is dead and two more critically wounded after all three were

discovered in a vehicle near Deep Well early Wednesday morning.

According to Waynesboro Police Department Investigations Commander Lt.

Don Hopkins, all three night officers from the WPD were called to the

scene of a possible shooting around 2:15 a.m. Wednesday. Once on the

scene, officers determined that the incident happened outside the city

limits and simply secured the scene until Sheriff's Deputies could

arrive.

Three victims were found in the vehicle and appeared to be suffering

from gunshot wounds. Ambulances from Wayne General Hospital arrived

shortly after the WPD officers and transported the trio to the local

hospital.

One person was pronounced dead while the other two victims are in

critical but stable condition, Hopkins said.

"We simply secured the scene upon our arrival," Hopkins said.

"Once the deputies arrived shortly after our officers got there, the

scene was turned over to the Sheriff's Department."