Albemarle County: Christmas shooting sends one victim to UVA Hospital

Christmas was anything but merry for an Albemarle County man who was shot in the hand last night. A Charlottesville man is now in custody for the incident in the 1700 block of Slate Mill Branch Road.

Roland Keith Shifflett, 46, has been charged with malicious wounding. He is being held without bond at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail.

According to police, the shooting happened at approximately 11:15 p.m. The adult male victim was treated at the scene and transported to UVA Hospital with injuries believed to be non-life-threatening…

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