MORGANTOWN — A man suspected of shooting into a crowd at a strip club and wounding one person on April 20 was arrested early Wednesday morning.
Fred L-Deauntae Hudson, 25, of Morgantown and originally from Detroit, is charged with malicious assault, wanton endangerment and prohibited person possession a firearm, according to Monongalia County Sheriff Perry Palmer.
He admitted to being the shooter at Exotic Life Gentleman’s Club in an interview with detectives, according to Palmer. Hudson was identified through witnesses and video footage, according to court documents.
Palmer said the cause of the shooting could be linked to some kind of discrepancy that took place in the club earlier in the night.
The sheriff’s department responded to the shooting, in Dellslow, off Earl L. Core Road, about 5:30 a.m. on April 20. Palmer said the victim was shot in an extremity and is not being named for safety reasons. He did not elaborate on what continued threat exist. The victim was taken to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital.
Hudson was arrested on Pennsylvania Avenue, in Greenmont, in a joint operation between Monongalia County Sheriff’s detectives, the Morgantown Police Department SWAT, Mon County SWAT and Mon Metro Drug Task Force.
MMDTF commander R. Jiles said Hudson was found with a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun. He said the gun will need to be sent to a lab so ballistics can determine if it’s linked to the shooting.
Court documents state Hudson has felony convictions of breaking and entering and assaulting an officer from 2013.
He was arraigned in Monongalia County Magistrate Court on Wednesday by Magistrate Jim Nabors. Bond was set at $75,000 and Hudson was booked into North Central Regional Jail on Wednesday afternoon.
