At 11:45 am Sunday, the Ravenden Volunteer Fire Department, AET Ambulance of Imboden, Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and Ravenden Police Department were called to 345 South 2nd Street in Ravenden to what is being described by witnesses as a self inflicted gun shot wound.
The Ravenden Volunteer Fire Department was on scene in minutes and immediately called for an air unit. Air-Evac was dispatched to the scene by the Lawrence County Dispatch. Firefighters from Ravenden set up a landing zone in a vacant lot directly across from the Ravenden Fire Department.
Medics from AET and members of the Ravenden Fire Department loaded the victim and transported to the landing zone, once Air-Evac was on scene the patient was loaded on the helicopter and taken to an area hospital. The victim was reported to be breathing but in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head according to witnesses.
The incident is being investigated by the Ravenden Police Department and Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office CID. The victims name has not been released at this time.
