Update: Family Member Turns In Opp Shooting Suspect

Photo from Central Alabama CrimeStoppers

Opp police say a man they had sought in connection to a shooting is now in custody.

According to Central Alabama CrimeStoppers, a family member turned in 18-year-old Jacob Charles Lee of Opp this afternoon.

He was turned into the Covington County Sheriff’s office.

Police say just before 8 o’clock last night, they responded to the 700 block of Virginia Avenue on a report of someone being shot.

Police say they found a 31-year-old man with a single gunshot wound to the lower right leg area. He was taken to Mizell Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Police say Lee was the shooter and ran away from the scene. Lee was wanted on a charge of assault in the second degree.