Friday, December 16, 2011

Murder-Suicide In Mingo County

{Newtown, West Virginia}...West Virginia State Police are investigating a murder-suicide in Mingo County. Police say Steven Whitt went to a house on Mark's Branch Road in the Newtown area about 11:45 P.M. Thursday night after he and Justin Jordan had been involved in an ongoing argument because troopers say Whitt's estranged wife was having a relationship with Jordan. Troopers say Whitt fatally shot Jordan and then turned the gun on himself.