| DOMESTIC TURNS FATAL - A Lewis County man has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend.
Arnold Wayne McCartney, 32, of Crawford, has been charged with first-degree murder after an altercation that left Vickie Lynn Page, 33, dead.
Police found the victim of the shooting lying on the bed in the bedroom. The woman reportedly had a gunshot wound to her head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
McCartney told police he was trying to scare the victim with his pistol and he pointed the gun at the victim when it accidentally went off, according to the criminal complaint.
He is currently being held at the Central Regional Jail.
WOMAN SHOT IN BAR - Deputies arrested a Sissonville man for shooting a woman at a bar.
Dale Thomas Newhouse, of Sissonville Drive, has been charged with malicious wounding. He is in South Central Regional Jail.
Deputies went to Club Hypnotic on Sissonville Drive, where they found Newhouse standing along the road holding a small handgun.
They said Dawn Denise Withrow, 35, of Elkview was nearby with a gunshot wound to her upper right chest.
Deputies ordered Newhouse to drop the gun and they took him into custody.
Withrow was taken to Charleston Area Medical in satisfactory condition.
Police said Newhouse allegedly made sexual advances toward Withrow and grew violent when she rejected him.
Authorities said Sheryl Summers intervened and pulled out a .22-caliber pistol to stop Newhouse, but he allegedly slammed her onto the ground and banged her hand against a pole until she dropped the gun.
Newhouse then allegedly took the gun and fired one shot into the ceiling and another shot at Withrow.
SHOTS FIRED INTO HOUSE - Several gunshots were fired after a man was allegedly struck with nunchucks outside of a residence in Hedgesville.
Larry Kidd said he went outside to start his truck so that he could inflate a tire. His neighbor, Hugo Diehl, allegedly then came outside and began hitting Kidd's truck with nunchucks, which caused $200 in damage, according to court documents.
Police said that after Kidd got out of his truck, Diehl, 54, allegedly struck him in the head with the nunchucks.
Kidd told police he then threw Diehl to the ground and took the nunchucks from him. Diehl then went into his residence and obtained a pump style shotgun, returned outside and fired three shots at Kidd, who was not struck.
Police said Kidd then ran around his trailer and went into the house of another neighbor.
As a result of the shots fired, a window in a neighbor's home and the windshield of a vehicle cracked.
Police said the incident was part of an ongoing argument.
DAIRY QUEEN HEIST - Parkersburg Police were seeking a suspect who allegedly robbed the Dairy Queen on Blizzard Drive using a gun.
A lone individual reportedly walked into the restaurant, brandished a handgun and demanded money.
The DQ clerk gave the individual an undisclosed amount of money and the suspect fled.
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