MILTON, W.Va. — A Milton man was being held in the Western Regional Jail Saturday on $275,000 bail after he was arrested following a shots-fired incident Friday night.
Police charged Russell Ripley, 57, of Milton, with attempted first-degree murder and seven counts of wanton endangerment after police said he shot up the truck that he thought had hit his wife. The dispute came during a child custody hand-off at the Sheetz just off the Milton exit of I-64.
Police said there were two adults in the front of the truck that was shot and three kids in the back, including one in a car seat. Investigators said one of the shots hit the car seat but no one was injured.