UPDATE: Victim injured, suspect arrested after shooting in Union Grove

 

Updated: 11:01 a.m. on June 7, 2018

UNION GROVE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A 21-year-old Racine man is in the hospital and another man is in custody as the Racine County Sheriff's office investigates the first shooting in three years in the Village of Union Grove. 

During a press conference Thursday, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said the shooting is believed to be drug-related. The 21-year-old man is recovering from non-life threatening injuries. 

The Sheriff's Office says two men from Racine were sitting in a vehicle at the Cathedral Court apartment complex at 1400 West Street when the shooting happened around 6:00 a.m. Thursday. 

According to investigators, the 21-year-old victim was shot several times in the calf by a 22-year-old Racine man who was in the car with him. Both men then ran out of the vehicle and one of them called 911. The Sheriff's Office says both men are known to law enforcement. 

"The suspect is in custody and is being held in the Racine County Jail on a felony probation hold and the victim is being treated at a local hospital and is also going to be under arrest when he is done at the hospital," Sheriff Schmaling said Thursday. 

The Sheriff wouldn't say what the victim would be arrested for but believe it is an isolated incident and that there is no danger to the public. 

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Posted: 9:51 a.m. on June 7, 2018

UNION GROVE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Around 6 a.m. Thursday the Racine County Dispatch got a call of shots fired in Union Grove. When Sheriff's Deputies arrived they found a victim with a gunshot wound.

The victim was taken to the hospital where they are expected to survive.

Sheriff's Deputies arrested a suspect and do not believe there is any further danger to the community.

The circumstances surrounding the shooting are under investigation.