
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 8, 1991                   TAG: 9104080278
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-5   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Ron Brown
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

BEDFORD MEN SHOT IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS

Two Bedford County men were shot in separate incidents Saturday night and Sunday morning, Sheriff Carl Wells said.

Johnny Goff of Big Island was shot in the upper left chest with a 22-caliber handgun during a dispute underneath the Blue Ridge Parkway bridge over U.S. 501 in Big Island about 9:30 p.m. Saturday.

Goff was released from Lynchburg General Hospital Sunday. A 16-year-old, whose name was not released because of his age, has been charged with malicious wounding.

About 3:30 a.m. on Virginia 626 east of Huddleston, Ernest T. Roach was shot in the abdomen with a shotgun.

Roach was transported by Life-Guard 10 helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, where he underwent surgery to repair damage to his intestines and kidney. He was in critical condition late Sunday.

Ricky E. Updike of Route 1, Lynch Station, was charged with malicious wounding.

by CNB