PRESS RELEASE
January 16, 2023
DEPUTY DAVID MOYER
COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INFORMATION
(540) 928-2260
DMOYER@BOTETOURTVA.GOV
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE--
FINCASTLE, VA – The Botetourt County Sheriff's Office is investigating a shooting. The incident occurred on January 12, 2023 in Troutville.
The victim has been identified as:
Walter Thomas Hinkley, (49) of Troutville, Virginia.
The suspect has been identified as:
Rhonda Larue Hinkley, (50) of Troutville, Virginia.
On January 12, 2023, at 1:21 p.m. the Botetourt County Emergency Communications Center (911) received a call from a female reporting she had shot her husband.
Botetourt County Deputies along with the Virginia State Police responded to a residence on Westview Road in Troutville to find an adult female standing in the driveway with her hands in the air and an adult male with a single gunshot wound lying in the gravel.
Botetourt Fire and EMS responded to the scene to administer medical aid and transported the victim to Lewis-Gale Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail where she is being held without bond. Hinkley has been charged with malicious wounding and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
The preliminary investigation has determined that the shooting was an isolated incident involving domestic violence between a husband and wife and the firearm was recovered at the scene.
The media contact for this incident is Deputy David Moyer. He can be reached at:
dmoyer@botetourtva.gov or (540) 928-2260
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The Botetourt County Sheriff's Office will make available arrestee booking photographs (mugshots) which are public records in accordance with Chapter 37. Virginia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) of the Code of Virginia and code section § 2.2-3706 Disclosure of law-enforcement and criminal records; limitations., subsection A. number 1. –
Records required to be released. All public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities shall provide the following records when requested in accordance with the provisions of this chapter:
1. Adult arrestee photographs taken during the initial intake following the arrest and as part of the routine booking procedure, except when necessary to avoid jeopardizing an investigation in felony cases until such time as the release of the photograph will no longer jeopardize the investigation.
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