Crime & Safety
Police: Woodbridge Man Shot Family Member After Assault
Eric Neil Hummer is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
A Woodbridge man is accused of shooting a family member after he was assaulted.
Eric Neil Hummer, 56, of Radburn Street in Woodbridge, is charged with aggravated malicious wounding, reckless handling of a firearm and use of a firearm in commission of a felony.
Police responded at 8:02 p.m. Monday to the 16000 block of Radburn Street for a report of a shooting. They found that the 30-year-old male victim, of Woodbridge, was involved in an argument with Hummer. Police said that the argument escalated and the family member injured Hummer's eye.
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"Following the assault, the accused retrieved a handgun and shot the victim multiple times," Officer Jonathan Perok, a spokesman for the police department, said in a news release.
The victim had life-threatening injuries and was taken to the hospital. Hummer left the home. Officers found him on Indus Drive, where he was arrested after he received medical treatment.
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The information in this article was provided by the Prince William County Police Department. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
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