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18-year-old man arrested in connection to Northwest Roanoke shooting

Police say it happened around 8 p.m. on Oct. 30

ROANOKE, Va.UPDATE

Roanoke Police have arrested a person in connection to a shooting that happened on Oct. 30.

18-year-old Adul=Aziz Yasin, of Roanoke, was arrested and charged with malicious wounding and larceny of a firearm from a person.

Yasin was arrested and taken into custody on Tuesday without incident.

The investigation remains ongoing.


ORIGINAL STORY

Roanoke police responded to reports of a person with a gunshot wound on Saturday, October 30 around 8:00 p.m. in the 500 block of 8th Street NW.

Officers responded to the scene but did not find any victims or suspects.

A short time later, they located the victim at 4th Street and Campbell Avenue SW. Roanoke Fire-EMS took the adult male victim to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.

Detectives are working to determine what led up to the shooting.

No suspects have been located and no arrests have been made. This is an ongoing investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call (540) 344-8500.


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