NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man is in custody after a shooting led to a tactical situation overnight in Newport News.
Dispatch received a call of a shooting around 11:58 p.m. in the 200 block of Exeter Road. That's off of Lucas Creek Road.
Officers found a 47-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital. Her injury was not considered life-threatening.
The woman told police that a man she knew the person who shot her. Police reported it was a domestic incident.
Police found the 51-year-old man still inside the residence near the scene of the shooting. He was taken into custody, and the tactical situation was resolved by about 3 a.m.
Monday morning, police released the name of the suspect, James Wood, Jr.
Wood, of the 200 block of Exeter Road, has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, brandishing, assault and reckless handling.