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Parkersburg shooting now murder case

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A shooting from earlier this week in Parkersburg is now a murder case.

Butch Knight

Parkersburg Police Chief Matthew Board said one of the victims in Monday’s shooting on Belmont Road, Bradi Florence, 18, has died.

Board said Butch Knight, 18, is now charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder in connection with two other people in the car that Florence was in.

Knight allegedly walked up to the vehicle Monday and opened fire.

He’s being held in jail without bail as the investigation continues.





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