WILSON COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Daniel Harrell, the trooper shot in the neck and face while on-duty Monday, has been released from the hospital after only 2 days admitted.

Trooper Harrell, a five-year veteran assigned to Wilson County, was “doing well” and continuing to recover after undergoing surgery, according to family members.

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Investigators arrested three people after Harrell’s shooting. One of them, John Jones, is accused of attempted murder. A girlfriend of one of the other suspects said they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, according to reporting by abc11.

On Tuesday night, a relative of the trooper’s told ABC11 that Harrell was “doing well” and continuing to recover after undergoing surgery. source

Wilson County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 81,234. The county seat is Wilson. The county comprises the Wilson Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included within the Rocky Mount–Wilson–Roanoke Rapids Combined Statistical Area, Wikipedia.