Charges have been filed against an individual in connection to an alleged shooting incident in Pomeroy earlier this week.
The Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office has charged 22-year-old Nicholas Benedict with Willful Injury Causing Serious Injury and Reckless Use of a Firearm Resulting in Serious Injury, both class C felonies…Going Armed With Intent, a class D felony…and Assault While Displaying a Dangerous Weapon and Obstruction of Prosecution, both aggravated misdemeanors. Benedict is being held in the Carroll County Jail on a 29 thousand dollar bond. He faces up to 29 years in prison.
The alleged shooting happened Tuesday morning at an apartment in Pomeroy. Authorities believe the shooting started as a fight and escalated into an exchange of gunfire involving multiple individuals. Two people remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Both are expected to survive.
The investigation into the shooting is ongoing.
