(Williamson, West Virginia) -West Virginia State Police and area emergency officials have confirmed that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot and killed just after noon today. Officials say Crum was sitting in his SUV in a parking lot on the corner of 3
rd and Harvey
Streets when a male subject approached the Sheriff’s vehicle on foot and fired
a weapon into the vehicle, fatally injuring Crum. State Police officials also confirmed the
subject was shot by officers while attempting to flee the scene. A vehicle pursuit led into the Delbarton,
West Virginia area, where law enforcement officials were
able to apprehend the subject, who was initially taken to
Logan
Regional Medical
Center, but has since been transported
to
Cabell-Huntington
Hospital. No word on the extent of his injuries. Stay tuned to the stations of East Kentucky
Broadcasting as we will be broadcasting a press conference LIVE at 6pm from
outside the Mingo County Courthouse.
(Williamson, West Virginia) -West Virginia State Police and area emergency officials have confirmed that Mingo County Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot and killed just after noon today. Officials say Crum was sitting in his SUV in a parking lot on the corner of 3rd and Harvey
Streets when a male subject approached the Sheriff’s vehicle on foot and fired
a weapon into the vehicle, fatally injuring Crum. State Police officials also confirmed the
subject was shot by officers while attempting to flee the scene. A vehicle pursuit led into the Delbarton, 