1 injured, 1 arrested after shooting in Wise Co. | WJHL

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WJHL) – One person was injured and another was arrested following a shooting Friday morning in Wise County, according to the sheriff’s office.

The Wise County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that dispatchers received a 911 call around 10:30 a.m. from Randall Potter, 63, of Coeburn.

Potter reportedly told dispatchers that he shot another person during an argument over money on Dan Hall Road in Coeburn.

Wise County officers responded to the scene and discovered the gunshot victim had already driven himself to a nearby hospital.

The sheriff’s office interviewed both Potter and the victim. Potter was charged with malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm and using a firearm in the commission of a felony.

As of Friday evening, Potter was being held without bail at the Southwest Virginia Regional Jail in Duffield.

The victim remained hospitalized Friday evening with non-life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office reported.