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Man in custody after shooting, tactical situation in Newport News

The 51-year-old man is custody is accused of shooting a 47-year-old woman in a domestic incident.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A man is in custody after a shooting led to a tactical situation overnight in Newport News.

Dispatch received a call of a shooting around 11:58 p.m. in the 200 block of Exeter Road. That's off of Lucas Creek Road.

Officers found a 47-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital. Her injury was not considered life-threatening.

The woman told police that a man she knew the person who shot her. Police reported it was a domestic incident.

Police found the 51-year-old man still inside the residence near the scene of the shooting. He was taken into custody, and the tactical situation was resolved by about 3 a.m.

Monday morning, police released the name of the suspect, James Wood, Jr. 

Wood, of the 200 block of Exeter Road, has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in commission of a felony, brandishing, assault and reckless handling.

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