Banner Staff Report

CROWN -- A man who is accused of firing a shotgun three times at a woman and some other men on Monday is still on the loose.

More than a dozen law enforcement officers rushed the scene of an altercation in the Crown area on Monday when a report went out that shots had been fired.

Officers from the Logan County Sheriff's Department and the West Virginia State Police responded immediately and surrounded a house where Darryl Washington had allegedly fired the shots during a domestic altercation, according to Logan County Deputy Sheriff Burley Ferrell.

The situation turned into a police standoff that lasted for more than an hour, with Washington eluding authorities.

Police searched several homes looking for Washington, who, according to one 911 caller had said he was going to come out and give himself up. However, Washington got away. Several lawmen told The Logan Banner that they expected Washington to be arrested the following day. However, that didn't happen, either.

Another said Washington was reportedly staying in a home near where the incident took place.

Even some law enforcement officers familiar with Washington and the case said they did not even know if a warrant had been issued for his arrest. Anyone who fires a weapon during a domestic altercation could be arrested for charges of brandishing a weapon, assault, and firing a weapon within 500 feet of a dwelling.

There is an outstanding warrant on a man in his 50s named Willard Daryl Washington from Crown for an alleged incident on Jan. 20. However, according to two different law enforcement sources, it was not the same man wanted for firing the gun.

"The guy from Monday was Darryl Curtis Washington, and he was born in 1967," a spokesperson for the Logan County Sheriff's Department said.

Reportedly, the West Virginia State Police has taken over the Washington case. However, no one was available to comment about it at press time.

Officers in different agencies who have spoken with The Logan Banner caution that Daryl Washington should not be approached if seen and that the public should just call 911 if he is spotted.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Deputies Ferrell and Joey Sheppard were pictured backing up the WVSP on the scene of the incident in Tuesday's edition of The Logan Banner. Sheppard was incorrectly identified as Brian Cobb.