EAST FORK, W.Va. — The Mingo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting in the East Fork area of the county. Police say around 4 o’clock Sunday morning, they received a call reporting a shooting.
When they arrived on scene they discovered that Roger Crum Jr. had been fatally shot. Deputies say another person was also shot and suffered injuries.
24-year-old Shane Donald Dempsey has been arrested and lodged in the Southwestern Regional Jail, charged with murder and malicious wounding.
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