AROUND 6:00 PM,THIS EVENING, DANVILLE POLICE RESPONDED TO 1415 ABBOTT STREET FOR A SHOOTING. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED THEY REQUESTED THAT EMS GET TO THE SCENE VERY QUICKLY. A YOUNG BLACK MALE WAS LAYING IN THE ROADWAY NEAR THE BRICK CHURCH ON ABBOTT STREET. POLICE OFFICERS STATED THAT THEY HAD BEEN TO THAT HOUSE EARLIER IN THE DAY FOR ARGUMENTS. THE DANVILLE LIFESAVING CREW TRANSPORTED THE YOUING MAN TO DANVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERS EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT FOR A TRAUMATIC GUNSHOT WOUND. THE BOYS MOM WAS RUNNING UP THE STREET TRYING TO GET TO THE AMBULANCE BEFORE IT LEFT. SHE WASNT ALLOWED TO RIDE ABOARD. THE FAMILY GROUPED IN THE MIDDLE OF ABBOTT STREET FOR A SHORT TIME BEFORE GOING TO THE ER. A SECURITY ALERT WAS SOUNDED AND THE OFFICERS WERE WARNED THAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS WERE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM AREA. DANVILLE POLICE INVESTIGATORS AND THE CRIME SCENE SEARCH UNIT WAS GATHERING FORENSIC EVIDENCE FOR THE INVESTIGATION.
Posted on: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 01:04:49 +0000