4-Dead In Multiple W. Va. Shootings
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (KDKA/AP) - State police say four people are dead in three shootings in north-central West Virginia, and the suspect in the shootings killed himself Monday evening.
State police spokesman Lt. Dennis Johnson says 39-year-old Jody Lee Hunt of Westover was found in the woods Monday evening in the southern part of Monongalia County.
Johnson says Hunt's body was found in "a power line right of way" around 7 p.m.
KDKA's Heather Abraham Reports:
All three shootings occurred Monday, reportedly between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
West Virgina police haven't released a motive, but the suspect in the case, Jody Hunt, posted on Facebook accusing his girlfriend of cheating on him with several men. Hunt's body was found in his truck, State Police say he was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
"We do have some idea of a motive, it was not random acts of violence," Lieutenant Michael Baylous of the West Virginia State Police said.
The first in Westover, the second in Cheat Lake, and the third reportedly on Chaplain Road near the Star City exit on Route 79.
State police spokesman Lt. Michael Baylous identified two victims from the Cheat Lake shooting as 39-year-old Sharon Kay Berkshire of Westover and 28-year-old David Frum of Maidsville.
Police identified Hunt as the suspect in the shootings, and say he is the owner of J&J towing.
Police also say Doug Brady was killed in the shooting, he owned a towing operation just down the street.
KDKA's Bob Allen Reports:
The fourth victim has been identified as a man named Jody Taylor.
On a Facebook post, Hunt said, "I poured out my hear to her only to be manipulated as to what I could give her. Relationships are not a game. Love is not a game. One's heart is not a game."
He also thanked friends for standing by him, and said he wanted those to hurt him, to be hurt.
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