COLONIAL HEIGHTS, Va. (AP) - Authorities in Virginia shot and wounded an armed man who barricaded himself inside a home during a domestic situation late Sunday, a police department confirmed.
The man was in critical but stable condition following the standoff with Colonial Heights and Chesterfield County police, the Colonial Heights Police Department said in a statement Monday.
The agencies were dispatched to a home around 9 p.m., where they found a woman outside who had escaped to safety, according to the statement. Officers reported they could see through a window that a man was still inside the home and armed with a rifle.
A Chesterfield County police officer fired a single round at the suspect after the man opened the door, confronted law enforcement and refused to comply with orders, the statement said. The suspect was arrested and taken to a hospital for his gunshot wound.
He wasn’t immediately identified and authorities haven’t yet announced any charges.
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