SUFFOLK, Va. — A woman was shot in front of a child in Suffolk overnight.
According to the Suffolk Police Dept., a 25-year-old woman was dropped off at a Suffolk hospital with a gunshot wound just after 3:30 a.m.
Detectives determined the shooting happened in the 110 block of Knotts Pointe Lane. They also said the shooting happened in front of a child; however, the child was not hurt.
The department said the woman is expected to survive.
Police arrested 29-year-old John Samuel Miller IV and charged him with the following:
- Possession of a firearm by a convicted felon
- Discharge a firearm in an occupied dwelling
- Cruelty and injuries to a child
- Reckless handling of a firearm
Miller is being held at Western Tidewater Regional Jail.