MARLINTON, W.Va. — A Pocahontas man is in jail charged with killing his girlfriend.
According to state police, Mason Walker, 23, of Hillsboro, shot and killed Camie Rider, 21, of Marlinton during a domestic dispute at the Little General Store in Marlinton Monday night.
Troopers said the shooting occurred at about 9:30 p.m.
Walker fled the scene but state police said he was quickly taken into custody.
Rider was pronounced dead at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.
Walker has been charged with first-degree murder with more changes pending.
He’s being held in the Tygart Valley Regional Jail without bail.