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

DATE: THURSDAY, September 8, 1994                   TAG: 9409080061
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau PULASKI
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

PULASKI WOMAN SHOT WITH BB PELLET

A Pulaski woman was shot in the neck with a BB pellet as she walked with her husband on East Street on Tuesday night.

Commander Ed Hogston said Marie Dalton and her husband were walking at the Diversified Apparel parking lot in the east section of town when she felt a sharp pain in her neck.

The woman had been shot by a high-powered BB gun, Hogston said. She was taken to Pulaski Community Hospital, the pellet was removed, and she was later released.

Hogston said the incident illustrates the danger of firing any weapon in public areas.

"This is a malicious wounding that we're dealing with here," he said. An adult convicted of malicious wounding faces a sentence of five to 20 years in prison.

Anyone with information that could help the Pulaski police in its investigation may call 980-1220.

by CNB