Wsaz: Huntington Community Reels — Two Brothers Killed, Arrest Made and A Third Victim Hospitalized
Families, students and city co-workers are the first to feel the shock after a triple shooting in Huntington left two men dead and a third wounded. Coverage, including early updates on wsaz, has focused on the human toll: one victim worked in the city's street division and the other coached middle-school basketball. The arrest and cross-state custody create a fast-moving legal path that will shape how the community processes this loss.
Wsaz: Immediate impact on family and community services
Here’s the part that matters: two households lost fathers and mentors, and a small school and a municipal workforce lost figures who served day-to-day. One victim was identified as a middle-school basketball coach who mentored students; the other worked in the city's public works street division. School officials and city leadership signaled plans to provide counseling and support to students, staff and colleagues as the community begins grieving.
What’s easy to miss is how intertwined the losses are: school programs, municipal services and a single family are all affected at once, which concentrates need for rapid support from local agencies and grief counselors.
Event details and legal steps already underway
The shooting occurred on 14th Street in a parking lot early Friday morning; law enforcement found two men with gunshot wounds around 2: 30 a. m. One was pronounced dead at the scene and the other later died at a local hospital. A third man was transported to the hospital and is in stable condition.
- Warrants for arrest were obtained the following day.
- Investigators say the suspect traveled to Akron, Ohio after the shooting.
- Federal and local forces worked to locate the suspect, who was arrested in Stark County, Ohio and is being held at a correctional facility there as a fugitive of justice pending extradition back to West Virginia.
- The suspect faces two counts of first-degree murder and an additional felony malicious wounding warrant tied to the third victim.
The legal sequence now centers on extradition and transfer from the Ohio facility back to West Virginia for prosecution and formal charging steps. Posts and updates, including wsaz mentions, have tracked the arrest and the pending transfer.
Micro timeline:
- Early Friday morning — shooting on 14th Street, two men found with gunshot wounds (one pronounced dead at scene; one later at hospital).
- Saturday — arrest warrants obtained for the suspect and an additional malicious wounding warrant tied to the third victim.
- Sunday — suspect arrested in Stark County, Ohio; being held pending extradition back to West Virginia.
Community members who knew the victims are already calling for accountability while local institutions prepare grief support. The city's public works team and the coach's school community will likely be the earliest to organize memorials and counseling offers.
The real question now is how quickly the extradition moves and whether additional charges or investigative details will emerge once the suspect is back in West Virginia custody.
The bigger signal here is the speed of cross-jurisdiction cooperation: travel across state lines and coordination with federal partners moved the case from a local tragedy to an interstate custody matter in short order.
