Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, November 5, 1994 TAG: 9411070044
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: VIRGINIA EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: LAURENCE HAMMACK
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Alfred Curtis Cunningham, 39, of Moorman Road was taken to Roanoke Memorial Hospital in critical condition from two gunshot wounds to his back and one to his neck.
Police responded to the 2300 block of Hanover about 9:40 p.m. and found Cunningham lying on the ground in a vacant lot, being treated by rescue workers.
One of Cunningham's relatives told police that they had driven to the area to visit a cousin. When they arrived, she said, Cunningham got out of the car and was confronted by three men.
The women said she heard three shots, then saw the men flee. She drove to a rescue squad headquarters on Melrose Avenue to report the shooting.
Hospital officials would not release information on Cunningham on Friday, but police said he remained in critical condition. There were no arrests.
In other police reports Friday:
After approaching six to eight teen-agers who were standing in a street and would not move, a motorist was grazed in the head by a bullet after he drove past the group.
Tom Blanton, 34, told police the incident happened about 5:50 p.m. Thursday on Mercer Avenue Northwest as he was going to work on a home in the area. After slowly driving past the group, Blanton said, a shot was fired that grazed the top of his head. He drove himself to Community Hospital.
After stopping a car that was being driven by a juvenile with no operator's license on 17th Street Southeast on Thursday night, police found a 14-year-old passenger carrying about 25 rocks of crack cocaine. The youth was taken to the Coyner Springs Juvenile Detention Center.
by CNB