Stabbing death in Morgan County

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Police in Morgan County charged a Berkeley Springs man with murder Tuesday following a stabbing.

The Morgan County Sheriff’s Department arrested Wesley Andrew McCoy, 24, following a fight with Justin Harold Buell, 32, at a residence along South Washington Street near U.S. Route 522.

Investigators allege McCoy was in an argument with his girlfriend at about 3 a.m. Tuesday when she called friends to come pick her up. Buell was in that group, and detectives said McCoy stabbed Buell in the neck. He died a short time later at a nearby hospital.

Deputies were continuing their investigation Tuesday.





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