BECKLEY, W.Va. — An “ongoing feud” lead to the shooting death of a man in Raleigh County Sunday, according to deputies with the Raleigh County Sheriff’s Department.
On Tuesday, Andrew Rizzi, 21, of Beckley, was being held in the Southern Regional Jail on a murder charge for the death of Michael Pugh, age not unavailable, who was shot in the chest in Prosperity before 9 p.m. Sunday.
Pugh later died later at Raleigh General Hospital.
Rizzi had reportedly showed up at the shooting site with others to fight Pugh and, at some point during that fight, allegedly grabbed a gun.
The murder investigation continued Tuesday.