Cherokee County Chief Deputy Josh Summerford that deputies had responded to a residence on County Road 15 after receiving a 9-1-1 call that a minor had been shot.

Sixty-three-year-old Alvin Glen Wright was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on the charge of second-degree assault.  According to a News Release from the Sheriff’s Office – Wright, who is a neighbor, shot into a surrounding patch of woods.

Floyd EMS transported a thirteen-year-old female victim to a local hospital for treatment; no additional information regarding her condition has been made available.