The University’s College at Wise suspended junior football player Melquan Huntley Tuesday after he was charged with shooting a woman in the head last week.
Huntley was charged Monday with two felonies: discharging a firearm within an occupied building and unlawfully shooting a person.
Huntley was also dismissed from the Wise team where he played fullback. He will not be allowed on campus while the suspension remains in effect. Huntley is suspended on an interim basis pending the outcome of the charges, College at Wise spokesperson Kathy Still said.
Three others were present at the time of the shooting but “the investigation revealed Huntley as being the shooter,” said Capt. Roger C. Cooke of the Norton Police, who is leading the investigation.
Jahnae Foster, an 18-year-old woman, was found with a bullet wound to the head in the back bedroom of the mobile home when police arrived.
She was transported to Johnson City Medical Center where she is still being treated.
“We continue to ask everyone to keep Ms. Foster and her family in their thoughts and prayers during these difficult days,” Still said.
The details of the shooting have not been released, as the investigation is still ongoing, Cooke said.
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