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Man in custody in connection with Brooke County shooting death

WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Police released more information Monday in connection with a deadly shooting in Brooke County from Friday night.

Michael Groch (WVRJA)

Michael Groch, 39, is charged with first degree murder in the death of Kerry Casto, 58, of Mingo Junction, Ohio.

Brooke County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home on Fowler’s Hill Road near Wellsburg Friday where they found Casto dead at the scene.

Groch was at the residence and taken into custody

Groch is being held in the Northern Regional Jail without bail.





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