WPD Investigating South Wheeling Shooting

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Wheeling Police are investigating a shooting that happened Monday afternoon in South Wheeling.

Around 2:45 p.m., police were called to 29th Street for reported gunshots and two vehicles leaving the area.

Officers were able to talk with the driver of one vehicle who took the victim to Wheeling Hospital for medical treatment.

The suspect, driving the second vehicle, is described as a white male, driving a dark-colored Chevy Cruze, unknown year. Witnesses told police the car was traveling south and had a tapped passenger side window and possible front-end damage.

If the public has any information, they are urged to call Wheeling Police at 304-234-3664. 

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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