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One dead and one charged in Clay County shooting

Cody Moore

CLAY, W.Va. — State Police have filed a first degree murder charge against a Clay County man after a Wednesday afternoon shooting.

Cody Moore, 32, of Ivydale was taken into custody and charged in the shooting death of Benjamin Laughlin. According to the criminal complaint, Laughlin was shot multiple times.

The incident happened at a home in the Wallback community just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday.





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