BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — The victim of a Wednesday shooting died Thursday, and the charges against the suspect were upgraded to murder.
Authorities told the Bluefield Daily Telegraph that Roderick Quincy, 43, of Baltimore, died at Charleston Area Medical Center.
Juwan Rowe, 23 of Bluefield, and 20 year old Joseph Wellman, 20 of Welch were originally charged with malicious wounding and first-degree armed robbery.
They have since been charged with first-degree murder, the paper reported.
Police responded to a call shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, when they found Quincy at the intersection of Carolina Avenue and Elm Street. with a gunshot wound to the head. Rowe and Wellman were found in Beckley later that day.