One dead after the persecution leads to shots fired

Huntington, W.Va. (Wsaz) – Update 12:37 p.m. 16.01.2025

A man died after a persecution has led to shots, according to Huntington chief of police, Phil Watkins.

On Saturday evening, March 15, around 8:55 p.m., a police police officer from Huntington tried to run over a vehicle in the 22nd Street area and 5th Avenue, Watkins told WSAZ.

The suspicious vehicle fled to the east in the 5th Avenue and the officials. When the suspect crossed the bridge to Guyandotte, his vehicle hit an uninvolved driver and then continued on the 5th Avenue. The persecution ended in the 3300 block of the 5th Avenue, where the circumstances led to an official shot into the suspect's vehicle and hit the male driver, said Watkins.

The officials provided the driver of medical treatment until Cabell County Ems arrived and transported him to a local hospital, where Watkins said that the suspect had died of the consequences of his injuries.

There were no other inmates in the suspect's vehicle, and no civil servants were injured during the incident.

The West Virginia State Police and the public prosecutor's office of Cabell County reacted to the scene together with Detective from the Huntington police to examine the circumstances of the incident.

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Original story

According to Cabell County 911 Dispatchers, a person was taken to the hospital after a shootout.

The dispatchers say that the call had arrived shortly before 9 p.m. on Saturday evening for reports on shots and a chase.

According to dispatchers, officials reported that a vehicle was removed by them shortly before the 3300 block of the Fifth Avenue in Huntington. The shipping then received the report on shots in the 3300 block.

A person was taken to the hospital with injuries from the fired shots.

Disponents say that no officers were injured.

This is a developing story.

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