SUFFOLK, Va. — Police said a man is facing several charges and more may be on the way after a shooting that put a woman in the hospital with critical injuries.
The shooting happened on Cain Court in Harbour View Wednesday, shortly before 10:30 p.m.
Medics took the woman to the hospital, and officers took Mykal Othnel Charter, 19, into custody.
Police said he faces the following felony charges:
- Malicious Wounding
- Reckless Handling of a Firearm w/ Serious Injury
- Use of Firearm in Commission of Felony
- Malicious Shoot or Throw Missile in an Occupied Dwelling
- Child Abuse or Neglect
Officers didn't say what, if any, relationship there was between Charter and the woman whom he's accused of shooting.
