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.

EKB News will release more information as it becomes available.