GHENT, W.Va. — A man is hospitalized at CAMC after an early morning officer involved shooting in Raleigh County.
Dispatchers were alerted around 7:20 a.m. to the man acting erratically as he came through a toll gate on the West Virginia Turnpike. The man was reportedly on the phone having an argument with a female believed to be his girlfriend. His behavior was so over the top, the toll worker became concerned and contacted State Police.
The man, whose name has not been released, got off the highway and stopped at the Subway restaurant inside the Little General Store near the Ghent exit. Workers there also reported him acting oddly and erratically and called the State Police.
Troopers responded and confronted the man. State Police confirmed the man was armed with a handgun and was confronted by a trooper inside the restaurant. State Police say three shots were fired, but would not say who fired the shots. They would only call the incident an “officer involved shooting.”
The man suffered at least one gunshot wound and was flown by HealthNet to CAMC where his condition is unknown.
State Police have released very little information as the investigation is ongoing.