{Elkins , West
Virginia }…West Virginia State Police have identified
the man killed in a standoff with police near Elkins Tuesday evening as 52 year
old Jeffrey L. Zirkle. Sgt. Michael Baylous says Zirkle shot his ex-wife, 49
year old Elizabeth Smith, multiple times. She drove about 5 miles to her
mother's home in Coalton and called 911. Smith was in critical condition
Wednesday at Ruby Memorial Hospital
in Morgantown .