DANVILLE, Va. – Danville Police are looking for a suspect after a woman was brought to the hospital suffering from a gunshot wound on New Year’s Day.

At 12:35 am Wednesday, officers were called to Sovah Health Danville for a report of a 25-year-old woman suffering from a gunshot wound. She reported that she was shot in the parking lot of Kickback Jack’s on Crown Dr. The victim was taken to the ER by private vehicle, where she was treated for a gunshot wound to her leg and released.

24-year-old Maurice Demetrius Metts is charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, possession firearm by a convicted felon, and discharging a firearm in a public place. He is currently at-large and should be considered armed and dangerous.

Investigators say the shooting was the outgrown of a domestic incident.

Anyone with information about Metts’ whereabouts is asked to call 911, Crime Stoppers at 434-793-0000.