CRIME & SAFETY
West Virginia State Police urges compliance after multiple violent incidents this week
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — After Lincoln County Senior State Trooper Travis Hurley was stabbed multiple times and hospitalized by a suspect who ran from a traffic stop, State Police Superintendent Col. Jack Chambers said this just adds to a troubling trend within the past year. Even within the past week, a man was killed in Greenbrier County after troopers said he refused to drop a knife.
Suspect, information sought after Huntington woman shot outside her home, police say
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — UPDATED - 1 p.m., 5/9/24. Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was shot outside her home in Huntington late Wednesday night. Officers responded to a shooting call about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 900 block of 22nd Street where a 23-year-old woman had been shot in the leg, according to a news release from Huntington police.
Teen runaway suspects in custody in Alabama after attempted robbery in Huntington
UPDATE (7:42 p.m. on Thursday, May 9): According to the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO), deputies spotted three teen runaways driving a car in the Gold Ridge area of Cullman County, Alabama on Thursday around 4 p.m. Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop. Following a short pursuit, the […]
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