BLOODY THURSDAY IN KANAWHA COUNTY - Four Murdered In Kanawha, Two Shot At Convenience Stores

(08/15/2003)

More murder in Kanawha. Two people were killed late Thursday might in separate shootings outside Kanawha County convenience stores. They became the third and fourth killings on a bloody Thursday. A woman was gunned down while pumping gas at a Campbells Creek convenience store about 10:20 p.m., while another person was shot about an hour later outside a Cedar Grove Go-Mart about 10 miles away. Last Sunday night, a South Charleston resident George Carrier Jr., 34,was killed while using a pay telephone outside a Go-Mart. In the Campbells Creek shooting, a woman was dead next to her red Pontiac Firebird, pumping gasoline at a Speedway Super America. Two people were murdered early Wednesday morning on Charleston's west side, the bodies found in a car with the motor running. Police say 27-year-old Duane Harris and 19-year-old Danielle Thrift were discovered about 3 a.m. on Charleston's west side. Sergeant Brent Webster says Charleston police have a possible description of a suspect. The Daily Mail reports that Harris had been charged with 13 felonies and 27 misdemeanors since 1994, including some drug-related charges. Harris and his twin brother were well-known to authorities. The county's murder count has reached at least 15, with several dozens of shooting.

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