By: Guiseppe Sabella, Public Safety Reporter | Posted: Dec. 28, 2017 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
A man was sent to the hospital with possible hypothermia after he allegedly shot at two law enforcement officers and then hid under his Roane County home on Wednesday evening.
Stanley Gordon Hoskins Jr., 52, will face multiple felony charges after his release from the hospital, according to a news release from West Virginia State Police.
Hoskins allegedly shot and wounded Zachary Hartley, a State Police trooper.
The ensuing standoff lasted about seven hours, according to an email from Capt. Reggie Patterson, a State Police spokesman. The house is located on Red Oak Run Road, in Gandeeville.
Though the situation started with a call of suicidal threats, it was later considered a domestic violence incident. Hoskins had threatened to hurt his wife, the email states.
Hartley and Mike King, a deputy with the Roane County Sheriff’s Office, arrived at the front door of Hoskins’ house at about 5:40 p.m. He then shot at the officers with a shotgun, according to the release.
Hartley was later released from the hospital with minor leg wounds, the release states. It was unclear whether the deputy was wounded.
A handful of surrounding agencies responded to the house, including the Kanwha County Sheriff’s Office, the Charleston Police Department and the Clendenin Police Department.
Authorities eventually broke into the home, the release states, but Hoskins was found under the home.
Paramedics took Hoskins to Roane General Hospital for possible hypothermia. He was expected to be transferred to a hospital in Charleston, according to the release.
Hoskins faces two counts of attempted murder and two counts of malicious wounding, along with charges of domestic battery and domestic assault.
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