Southwest Virginia man arrested for killing wife hospitalized with self-inflicted gunshot wound, sheriff says

TAZEWELL COUNTY, Va. – A man believed to have killed his wife and shoot another person is now in the hospital himself, according to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

As authorities looked to arrest David Curtis Whitt for murder, malicious wounding, and child endangerment, they said that he barricaded himself inside a residence on Jewell Ridge Road.

As deputies from the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office, made entry into the residence Whitt was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound and flown to a hospital to be treated, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

UPDATE 10:42 A.M.

David Whitt is now in custody, according to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities say that Whitt shot and killed his wife and shot another person as well.

ORIGINAL STORY

Authorities are searching for a man who shot and killed his wife early Friday morning, according to the Tazewell County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they responded to a parking lot on Ball Road in Raven in response to a shooting where David Whitt, 36, shot and killed his estranged wife. Authorities also said he shot another person, 33-year-old Chris Shelton, who is listed as stable at a local hospital.

Authorities said Whitt may be driving a 2017 White Nissan Frontier pickup truck with Virginia tags XAN-1745.

Whitt is still wanted, and authorities are asking anyone with information to call 911.