DeKalb County, Alabama, authorities issued a statement Thursday on a shooting last weekend that left a woman with a bullet wound to her face and a Valley Head man behind bars.
The woman was struck in the face when shots were fired into her residence early on Aug. 23 on County Road 1002 in the Hammondville community, according to DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Tyler Pruett. Police responded to a call to the area about a fight and as they were on the way they got additional word that shots had been fired, Pruett said.
Authorities charged Damien Keith Blevins, 31, of Valley Head, with three counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling and one count of assault, second degree, according to Pruett’s statement.
“When deputies arrived on the scene, they discovered that a 58-year-old female had been shot in the face,” Pruett said.
The woman was immediately taken for treatment.