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| Deputy sheriff Katie Barnes |
WVU Sports
Hall of Fame soccer player Katie Barnes, a Warren County, Ohio deputy sheriff, was shot Thursday while trying to stop a
domestic dispute.
Katie played
high school soccer in nearby Mason, where she lives today. She was released
from Cincinnati’s University Hospital on Friday. She was shot in the lower
abdomen.
Mohammad Abdu Laghaoui,
19, was taken into custody. He was charged with shooting his father in the
hand, and Katie and with firing at a neighbor with an AK-47.
Katie has been with the
Warren County Sheriff’s Office for seven and a half years.
She played
for WVU from 1998-2001, started every match, got the Mountaineers into its
first NCAA tournament as a junior in 2000, when she scored 17 goals, had 9
assists for a 43-point season.
She was with
three pro soccer teams, including a league championship season, then was an
assistant soccer coach at Alabama before beginning her law enforcement career.
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