Law enforcement agencies were called to the scene on 347 Meadowfield Lane for a shooting report. According to investigators, law enforcement agencies arrived at the scene (Days Inn) and located multiple individuals suffering from gunshot injuries. They were transported to various hospitals with injuries ranging from serious to minor. Local police said a manhunt for the suspect who escaped from the scene in a Black Doge Charged Loud Exhaust with tinted windows.
Lockdown At WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital
According to law enforcement agencies, WVU Medicine Princeton Community Hospital has been placed on an emergency lockdown due to the ongoing incident. Everyone have been urged to avoid the hospital at this time. Police said no one is allowed in or out of the vicinity.
Police are urging the public not to approach the suspect if seen as he is considered armed and dangerous. Law enforcement agencies say one juvenile was transported by car to a trauma center where he is listed in critical condition. Multiple injured persons self transported to the hospital. Law enforcement agencies say the hospital is currently on lockdown due to the number of gunshot victims. Mutual aid from Beaver and Ghent and ambulances from Tazewell, Giles County are responding to the scene.
What Happened At Days Inn in Princeton West Virginia
UPDATE 8:25 – multiple people were treated at the hospital that were transported by personal vehicles. One victim was also treated on scene. Police are looking for a Black Dodge Charger with loud exhaust. Getting several reports of a shooting at the Days Inn (Princeton). Multiple people were shot.
This is a developing story.
