SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Greenbrier County man is dead after an encounter with two West Virginia State Troopers.
According to State Police Major Jim Mitchell, Corporal D.P. Dillon and Corporal J. C. Mann were dispatched to a call in Fairlea at just after 4 p.m. Monday in which a man was brandishing a deadly weapons. The troopers arrived to find the suspect, later identified as Justin Grant. armed with a deadly weapon. State Police would not say what kind of weapon.
“Both of course ordered him repeatedly to drop the deadly weapon and he refused to do so,” said Mitchell. “They tried to use the taser but it was ineffective so the situation continued to escalate and resulted in the shooting of Mr. Grant.”
Grant was transported to the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center and was pronounced dead.
Neither Dillon nor Grant or any other individuals were injured in the incident. The investigation by the State Police into the fatal shooting is ongoing.