CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A second victim in a shooting last week in Charleston died Wednesday and police upped the charges against those originally arrested.
Audrey Short, 38, of was taken off life support and died at CAMC Wednesday morning. Short and Timothy Jett, 55, of Charleston, were shot last week inside a house on Garrison Avenue. Jett died at the scene and Short was hospitalized.
Charleston police arrested Bobby Hall, 42, and Misty Rucker, 38, less than 24 hours after the shootings. They were charged with Jett’s murder last week and were charged with Short’s murder shortly after her death Wednesday.
Short was in critical condition from the time of the shooting, Assistant Kanawha County Prosecutor Maryclaire Akers said.
“I cannot even imagine the anguish her family has been in. Her medical condition has been very serious since the shooting,” Akers said.
Hall and Rucker are scheduled to appear for preliminary hearings on both murder charges Friday. A possible motive for the shootings hasn’t been released.