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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — A sheriff known for cracking down on the drug trade in southern West Virginia's coalfields was fatally shot Wednesday in the spot where he usually parked his car for lunch, a state official said, and a suspect was in custody.
State Police told Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum died of his wounds, said his chief of staff Rob Alsop.
State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous identifed the suspect as 37-year-old Tennis Melvin Maynard and said he was being treated at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington for gunshot wounds late Wednesday.
Baylous said the suspect's condition was unknown, but Maynard was shot by a sheriff's deputy after a short pursuit in Delbarton that ended with Maynard crashing his car.
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Sheriff shot dead in West Virginia; suspect injured after chase | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — A sheriff known for cracking down on the drug trade in southern West Virginia's coalfields was fatally shot Wednesday in the spot where he usually parked his car for lunch, a state official said, and a suspect was in custody.
State Police told Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum died of his wounds, said his chief of staff Rob Alsop.
State Police spokesman Sgt. Michael Baylous identifed the suspect as 37-year-old Tennis Melvin Maynard and said he was being treated at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington for gunshot wounds late Wednesday.
Baylous said the suspect's condition was unknown, but Maynard was shot by a sheriff's deputy after a short pursuit in Delbarton that ended with Maynard crashing his car.
Credit: wfaa.com
Sheriff shot dead in West Virginia; suspect injured after chase | wfaa.com Dallas - Fort Worth
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