AMHERST COUNTY, Va. – Virginia State Police is investigating after an Amherst County deputy shot a woman on Tuesday night.
At about 7:40 p.m., deputies responded to a home in the 100 block of Charity Lane for a domestic situation, according to state police.
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They arrived to find a woman with a handgun outside the home and when she refused to drop it, state police said that one of the deputies shot her.
She was then taken to Lynchburg Memorial Hospital to be treated for a serious, but not-life-threatening injury.
State police said they found her gun at the scene.
No law enforcement officers were hurt in the shooting which remains under investigation.