SHOOTING INVESTIGATION Police Searching For Suspect In Early Morning Shooting Near Huntington Bar
Reported by: Mamie Buoy
Web Producer: Mamie Buoy
Reported: Jul. 15, 2012 10:34 AM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
Huntington Police are looking for the person who shot a man at a Huntington bar early Sunday morning.
Officers say they got a shots fired call in the 800 block of 4th Avenue around 3am.
Officers say they didn't find a victim near the scene, but at the same time, 31-year-old Asim Peterson checked himself into a Huntington hospital with several gunshot wounds to his legs.
Peterson told police that he was in the area of the Icon Bar, when a man rode up to him on a bicycle and shot him.
Peterson is in stable condition and is expected to be okay.
The suspect is described as a black man with a stocky build. He appears to be in his 20's and was wearing black clothing.
Anyone with information on the shooting should call Huntington Police at (304) 696-4420.
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