County man facing charges following standoff with deputies

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LITTLE RIVER, Alabama — A Baldwin County man is in jail after Baldwin County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a shooting in the Little River community of North Baldwin County on Thanksgiving Day.

Roger Boone, 46, of Ralph Gantt Road, was booked into the Baldwin County Corrections Facility at around 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 28, charged with attempted murder, first degree kidnapping, discharge of a firearm into an occupied dwelling or vehicle, third degree domestic violence and reckless endangerment. He remains in jail on a $200,000 bond.

At around 2 p.m. Nov. 28, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department released a statement on social media that deputies were on the scene near the area of Ralph Gantt Road in reference to a person shot.

The armed suspect was barricaded inside his residence, according to the statement, but later surrendered

The victim, who has not been identified, was transported by Life Flight USA Medical Center in Mobile.

At around 6 p.m. on Nov. 28, BCSO released a follow-up statement on social media stating that Boone had been arrested and the victim had been treated and released.