Update:  Identities Released in Smyth County Shootings

Update:  6/12/09, 6:15 p.m.
Smyth County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Kenny Lewis says the husband, wife, and daughter involved in Thursday night’s shooting all remain in the hospital tonight as they continue to recover from gunshot wounds.

“The wife had two bullet wounds and the daughter has two bullet wounds,“ Lewis said. “The daughter was shot in the upper part of the leg or lower stomach and in the stomach and the wife was shot in the back on the shoulder and in the stomach area…The wife and daughter was at Marion Hospital and they’re doing fine and (Dennis Osborne’s) condition we will know later, but right now he seems to be stable.“

Lewis says if and when the man recovers, he will likely face aggravated assault charges in connection to the shooting.

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Update:  6/12/09, 12:45 p.m.
We now know the names of those involved in Thursday night gunfire in Smyth County, VA.  The Smyth County Sheriff’s Department said 41-year old William Dennis Osborne went to his home on Vipperman Hollow Road in the Sugar Grove Community.  Investigators said once he reached the porch, he fired several rounds into the house through a window.  His wife, Pamela Osborne and his daughter suffered gunshot wounds.  The sheriff’s department said Osborne’s son, who was inside the home, returned fire, but did not hit his father.

Deputies say Dennis Osborne then ran to his truck. When Smyth County deputies got him out, they discovered he had what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

He is listed in critical condition in a Roanoke trauma unit.  His wife and the juvenile female are being treated at an area hospital.

Update: 06/12/09, 8:15 a.m.
Three people are in the hospital this morning after investigators say a gunman shot relatives in Smyth County, Virginia Thursday night.

Smyth County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Kenny Lewis tells us he believes that a man shot two members of his own family. Lewis says both victims are women and one is a juvenile. He also says that the suspected gunman also sustained injuries from being shot, but it is unclear how he was wounded. The gunman did not shoot the other relative in the house at the time of the shootings.

According to Lewis, EMS took the two females to Smyth County Community Hospital where they are in stable, but guarded condition. He says they underwent surgery upon arrival.

EMS transported the suspected gunman to Wytheville Hospital. This morning we found out the suspected gunman was transported to Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, where he is in very critical condition.   

The sheriff’s department thinks this situation resulted from a domestic disturbance. Lewis says they’ve received repeated calls from this family regarding domestic disturbances in the past.

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Smyth County, Va.—Dispatchers with the Smyth County Ambulance Service said they have service vehicles on stand-by—ready to aid in a hostage situation underway as of 12:15 a.m. Friday.

The incident started around 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

Dispatchers with the Smyth County Sheriff’s Department said Sheriff R. David Bradley has been called to the scene—described only as a “mountainous region in a holler.“  They said cell phone reception is poor, and could not offer additional details.

11 Connects and The Bristol Herald Courier are en route.

We will bring you more information as it becomes available.