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Columbus man in custody following Logan County shooting death

ETHEL, W.Va. — An Ohio man is in custody after being charged with shooting and killing a Logan County man.

Darius Stanton (WVRJA)

State police have charged Darius Stanton, 23, of Columbus, Ohio with first degree murder.

Troopers allege Stanton shot Walter Elmore, 42, of Logan, in the stomach at a residence in the Ethel area of Logan County early Sunday morning.

First responders discovered Elmore had been shot when they arrived on scene of a car crash on state Route 17 at Ethel at shortly after 3 a.m. Elmore was driving.

Troopers later arrested Stanton at a traffic stop on Pond Fork Road in Boone County.

Elmore died at Logan Regional Medical Center.

Stanton is being held without bail in the Southwestern Regional Jail.





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