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Man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputy

BECKLEY, W.Va. — A man was shot and killed in Raleigh County Friday morning after allegedly shooting at a sheriff’s deputy.

The Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department said home confinement officers were making a routine check on Charles Warren Wickline in Jonben when he pulled a gun on them and took off on an ATV. 

Wickline

Sheriff’s deputies arrived on the scene and they found Wickline hiding behind a tree. They report trying to get him to surrender but he fired one shot at them. A deputy returned fire and Wickline was killed.

The sheriff’s department release said a deputy and a Wickline family member attempted CPR.

Wickline was on home confinement as a condition of his bond in a child neglect resulting in death case. He was charged after backing over a 13-month-old child with a vehicle last July.





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