SUMMERS COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – A verbal altercation over a dog led to one man being shot.
According to WV State Police, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, Troopers were dispatched to Wickline Cemetery Road for a report of shots fired. When troopers arrived, the suspect, Donald Lee Adkins, told them he and the victim got into a verbal altercation over a dog.
Adkins advised that after the altercation, the victim walked outside the home. Adkins then said he went to his bedroom and retrieved a 12 gauge shotgun. Once he got the shotgun, he entered the living room and saw the victim had a handgun. Adkins said he fired the shotgun at the victim multiple times, and one bullet struck the victim in the hand. The victim then fired his handgun, but no one was struck.
Adkins was charged with attempted murder and wanton endangerment. He is being held in Southern Regional Jail under a 75,000 dollar bond.