A New Canton man has been arrested after a shooting in Buckingham County on Monday sent another man to the hospital in critical condition.
Michael Christopher Carrington, 41, has been charged with malicious wounding, using a firearm in commission of a felony, shooting into an occupied dwelling and possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.
Buckingham County sheriff’s deputies were dispatched Monday to a reported shooting and reported finding a man suffering from a gunshot wound to both legs.
The man was transported to an area hospital while deputies and Virginia state troopers searched a residence in the 2000 block of Slate Hill Road in the New Canton area.
"A search warrant was executed on the residence during which a firearm and ammunition were recovered," the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Carrington was booked at the Piedmont Regional Jail outside Farmville, where he remained in custody as of Friday evening.
An investigation into the shooting is ongoing. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Buckingham County Sheriff’s Office at (434) 969-1772 or the county’s anonymous tip line at (434) 969-4800.
Source: www.dailyprogress.com