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Woman shot in leg following Huntington crash

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A 23 year old woman is hospitalized with a gunshot wound following a single vehicle crash in Huntington on Friday morning.

The incident happened just after 5 a.m. in the 200 block of 7th Avenue.

Huntington Police said the woman suffered a minor injury to her left leg caused by a firearm. Cabell County EMS transported the woman to a local hospital to receive treatment.

Officers recovered a gun inside the vehicle.

It’s the second shooting in Huntington this week. Police said Christopher Johnson, 40, of Huntington, died at a hospital shortly after being shot Wednesday near the intersection of 18th Street and 9th Avenue.

No arrests have been made in either shooting.





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