Fort Payne, Ala., police are continuing to investigate a shooting Wednesday night in the local Walmart parking lot that left a man with bullet wounds that required emergency surgery.
Charles Taft Pope, 33 of Fort Payne, is recovering at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, according to a statement from Fort Payne Police Capt. Lee Traylor.
Pope was found armed and bleeding in the parking lot and the other man involved, who has not been identified, was still on the scene.
Pope was first taken to DeKalb Regional Medical Center then flown to Erlanger for surgery, the captain said.
“The other subject was detained at the scene and transported to the Fort Payne Police Department where is cooperated fully with the investigation,” Traylor said.