WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — A teen faces charges after shooting a woman in her leg at her home Monday night, Winston-Salem police say.
Officers responded to a shooting at 2713 East Sprague Street just after 9 p.m.
67-year-old Patricia Blankenship had friends visiting her when 19-year-old Devonte Hayes discharged his gun while in the yard causing it to hit Blankenship in the calf.
He left the scene.
Blankenship was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Officers arrested Hayes and charged him with:
- Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury
- Discharging a Firearm within the City Limits
- Discharging a Firearm into an Occupied Dwelling
This investigation is ongoing.