April
20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Arrest Made After Domestic Incident
Results in a Shooting:
The Charlestown Police Department is
investigating an early morning April 20th domestic dispute that
resulted in Wayne Schultz, 28, being shot once in the head, at a residence in
the 300 block of Ridge Road, in Charlestown.
Schultz, of Charlestown, was last reported on the day of the incident in
stable condition after being transported by air ambulance to the University of
Louisville Hospital Trauma Center. Police
received a 911 call at approximately 2:39 am regarding a male adult on Ridge
Road who had been shot in the head. Officers
arrived on the scene within one minute to find Schultz with a single shotgun
wound to the head outside of the residence he had been staying at with
40-year-old Tina McCoy. The initial
investigation of Lt. Detective Don Wolfe and Sgt. Darren Baker indicates that
McCoy and Schultz may have been arguing inside McCoy’s residence on Ridge Road
after returning home from a local bar. Evidence
indicates that McCoy shot Schultz with her own shotgun while both were in the
bedroom of the residence. During
the incident McCoy’s eight-year-old son and a 14-year-old neighbor baby sitter
were also present inside a separate room of the residence.
McCoy was taken to the Charlestown Police Department by investigating
officers for questioning and was subsequently arrested and charged with
Attempted Murder approximately four hours later.
McCoy is currently being held without bond in the Clark County Jail
awaiting arraignment in Clark Circuit Court.
Clark County Child Protective Services has been involved and is assisting
in the care of McCoy’s eight-year-old son who was present in the residence
during the incident.