Information Released by Lt. David S. Allard, Beckley Police Department

BECKLEY, WV – On May 6, 2020 at 6:36 p.m. officers were dispatched to a shooting that had just occurred on the parking lot of Pet Supplies Plus in the Cranberry Creek Shopping Center in Beckley.

Officers arrived on-scene and discovered a thirty-nine-year-old black male victim with a single gunshot wound.

Witnesses described observing a white Ford passenger car speeding away from the scene just after hearing a gunshot.

The male, later identified as Troy Lee Williams of Summers County, WV, was transported to a local hospital where he died as a result of his injuries.

Detectives from the Beckley Police Department along with Detectives from the Charleston Police Department Special Enforcement Unit arrested twenty-four-year-old Latoya Monique Carter of Charleston at her apartment complex in Charleston, WV just after 1:00 a.m.

Carter has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to 1st Degree Murder. Carter was transported to the South Central Regional Jail pending arraignment. The suspect vehicle has been recovered.

The investigation is still on-going. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.

Anyone with information on this incident is urged to contact Detective Cpl. Walters at 304-256-1708 or Crime Stoppers of West Virginia via their free P3 Tips App available for download at www.crimestopperswv.com.