Bladen deputies investigate woman’s shooting death

BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a woman reported as an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound.

According to a news release, the Bladen County 911 Center got a call at 3:02 a.m. Thursday from 18 Ruby Kidds Road, off Singletary Mill Pond Road near Bladenboro. The caller, who identified himself as Kelly Dwayne Hamilton, 44, reported that his friend, Crystal Lynn McLamb, 44, of Tar Heel, had accidentally shot herself. Hamilton said the two had been watching a movie and McLamb went to move a weapon that was loaded and laying on a coffee table. He said when she did the gun went off striking her fatally.

Responding officers found McLamb on the couch in the living room. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Bladen County Coroner Hubert Kinlaw requested an autopsy scheduled for this morning in Raleigh.

“Our investigation is ongoing at this time,” McVicker said in a statement. “We are waiting for autopsy results and for other forensic evidence to be analyzed. We are in close communication with the District Attorney’s office. I expect the investigation to be completed in the next few days.”