WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Police Department is investigating a shooting after a woman showed up with a gunshot wound to the City of Wilmington Haynes/Lacewell Police and Fire Training Facility.
A vehicle was struck by gunfire, injuring a woman in the passenger seat before the driver drove them to the facility around 9:35 a.m. on Tuesday. Emergency first responders provided first aid until an ambulance was able to transport the victim to Novant New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
By Tuesday evening, WPD made an arrest: 26-year-old Keshun Hykim Pridgen. Pridgen was charged with discharging a firearm in an occupied dwelling and from a moving vehicle, possession of a firearm by a felon, and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury.
He is being held at the county detention center without bond.
The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with any information is asked to contact the WPD at (910) 343-3600 or to use the anonymous Tip 411 app.
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