CANTON (WJW) — A Canton woman is at the hospital in critical condition after an incident police describe as “celebratory gunfire” that occurred Friday night.
The 46-year-old sustained gunshot wounds to the back at around 11:35 p.m., according to a press release from the Canton Police Department. The woman was sleeping at a home in the 800 block of 20th St. NE when she was shot.
The press release says officers found the suspect, identified as 24-year-old Darius Leishman of Canton, among others who had been firing a weapon into the air and using fireworks to celebrate Independence Day…