Father jailed and son sent to hospital after shooting in Nebo Sunday
Detective Curtis Stuteville of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office charged Leonard Patrick Ramsey Jr., 39, of Zebell Street in Nebo, with felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
Ramsey is accused of shooting his son, 20-year-old Leonard Patrick Ramsey III, of the same residence on Zebell Street, in both arms with a shotgun during a dispute at their house shortly before 8 p.m. Sunday.
Ramsey III was taken to Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville for treatment of his injuries.
Address/Location
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
593 Spaulding Rd
Marion, NC 28752
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 828-652-2235
Richelle Bailey
McDowell County Sheriff's Office
[email protected]
828-652-2235
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