GILES COUNTY, Va. – One woman is dead and a man is hospitalized after a shooting in a Giles County home Saturday afternoon, according to the Giles County Sheriff’s Office.
At 12:27 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office said dispatch received a medical call from a man complaining of shortness of breath and requested help at his home on the 100 block of Royal Drive in Pembroke.
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Authorities said EMTs arrived at the scene and found 60-year-old Donald Eugene Collins suffering from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. They said they also found a 64-year-old woman dead in the house from an apparent gunshot wound.
The Sheriff’s Office said Collins was flown to Roanoke Memorial Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Deputies said they have obtained warrants for second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The Virginia State Police are assisting with the investigation and authorities say there is no ongoing threat to the public.