One Person Injured In Overnight Morgantown Shooting
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (KDKA) -- An off-campus shooting in Morgantown outside of West Virginia University's campus has left one person injured.
Morgantown Police responded to a call about shots fired in an apartment around 1:14 a.m. Saturday.
MPD has released more information from last night's off-campus shooting: https://t.co/jT7lgZzycy
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West Virginia University Police issued an alert shortly after 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning after gun shots were reported near the 900 block of College Avenue.
An 'all-clear' was issued approximately one hour later.
UPDATE: Morgantown Police confirms 1 person is injured following the off-campus shooting incident. MPD is the lead investigating agency. UPD Is assisting. If you have any info. regarding this incident, please call MPD at 304-284-7522. We will update as we learn more.
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The Morgantown Police Department arrested two suspects Edward Kolleh, 29, and Ethan Horseman, 20, as of 9:40 a.m. on Saturday. Kolleh and Horseman have been charged with conspiracy to commit robbery and robbery. Horseman has been additionally charged with unlawful wounding.
According to police, the two suspects were the residents of the apartment. They had planned a drug deal with two men unidentified by police. Kolleh and Horseman allegedly planned to rob the two clients during the transaction, with Kolleh to emerge out of a closet with a shotgun and Horseman to pull out a handgun and demand the victims turn over all their belongings.
A fight broke out between the victims and the suspects, and Kolleh's shotgun went off repeatedly. The victims fled from the apartment, but the one man discovered he had been shot in the hip and went to Ruby Memorial Hospital to receive treatment.
The victim's condition is not known at this time.
This shooting comes less than one day after one student was killed in a separate shooting in Morgantown on Friday.