GRAFTON, W.Va. — Taylor County Prosecutor John Bord is releasing more details about the weekend shooting death of a Grafton man.
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Bord said a preliminary autopsy report shows Tyler Poston, 26, of Grafton, was shot six times, twice in the head.
Poston’s body was found in a parked vehicle along U.S. Route 119 on the Black Mountain pull-off near the Taylor-Monongalia County line Saturday morning.
“The shooting was a homicide,” Bord said Wednesday WAJR’s “Talk of the Town.” “He was shot two times in head and four times in the body below the neck.”
Investigators have processed the scene and trying piece together what actually happened that night, Bord said.
“He was found by a member of his family alongside of the road on 119 almost in Monongalia County,” Board said. “He had been shot and there didn’t appear to be any type of struggle.”
Authorities have asked the public for any security, surveillance or dash camera video for any type of clue. Bord said he wanted to remind the public that any detail, no matter how insignificant it may seem could be important to the case.
“The sheriff’s department is reaching out to anyone who was traveling along that road between 9 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday. They’ve had some leads and they’re following up on those leads,” Bord said.
Information about the case can be left confidentially by calling 304-265-3428.
“Anybody that may have seen anything we need them to contact Sheriff Austin at the Taylor County Sheriff’s Department,” Bord said.