The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 26, 1995             TAG: 9510260526
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
TYPE: Local Briefs 
DATELINE: COLINGTON                          LENGTH: Short :   23 lines

SHOOTING VICTIM IMPROVES

A 38-year-old Colington resident who was wounded Monday night was listed in critical but stable condition at a Norfolk hospital Wednesday.

Tommy Underwood was shot in the head during a cookout in the front yard of the trailer where he lived.

Sammy Pleasant Bowles Jr., 34, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in connection with the shooting.

Underwood is in the neuro-intensive care unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital.

KEYWORDS: SHOOTING INJURIES ARREST by CNB