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Fatal shooting case closed
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOUISA — A case of a landowner fatally shooting a Tomahawk man who trespassed on his family’s property last year is formally closed after a grand jury failed to indict. The grand jury in Lawrence County met Thursday and heard the case against Tyler Brown, who shot and killed 45-year-old…
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Delbarton man wounded in shooting in downtown Williamson
BY KYLE LOVERNMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — There were police vehicles and blue lights flashing all around in downtown Williamson after a shooting Thursday afternoon near the Mingo County Courthouse. The incident sent a man to the hospital and ended with another man being arrested, according to the Williamson Police Department Chief John Dotson. The…
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Tomahawk man shot and killed in suspected burglary
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PEACH ORCHARD — A Tomahawk man was shot and killed early Tuesday morning in Lawrence County in what deputies said was a burglary. Jerry Lee Maynard, 45, was shot by the property owner. A second burglary suspect, Green Ramey, 42, of Louisa, was arrested on a second-degree burglary charge. The…
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Shooting on Riverfront Road sends one to hospital, another to jail
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN LOVELY — An incident Tuesday evening at a residence on Riverfront Road landed one man in jail and another in the hospital with a gunshot wound. Lovely resident Kenneth Mollette, 30, allegedly fired multiple shots at his wife’s ex-husband, 37-year-old Jason Fields of Lovely, striking him once in the leg…