CHARLESTON, W.Va – The trial continues for Kaden Bowman, the man accused of participating in a shootout near the Shawnee Sports Complex last year that left hundreds of people inside the park fleeing for safety.
Bowman is charged with wanton endangerment involving the use of a firearm.
Beginning the second day of testimony, the state called Detective Christopher Boner, the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office’s lead investigator on the case, who testified to receiving a call for the shots fired

Jack Walter PHOTO: Submitted by Family
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State Police have identified the victim of a fatal hit and run on the West Virginia Turnpike.
He’s Jack Walter, 63, of Middlesex, North Carolina. According to troopers, Walter was outside of this vehicle pulled off to the side of the northbound lanes of I-77 just south of the Mahan exit last Friday. At approximately 11:50 a.m. he and his parked vehicle were struck by a passing tractor trailer. Investigators said the truck kept on going

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A man was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Charles Town Friday morning, and police have charged the man they believe hit him with attempted murder.
Charles Town Police were called to the scene of a crash in the 100 block of North Charles Street just before 9 a.m. Friday.
There they found a man who had been struck by a vehicle and had sustained serious injuries. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
The vehicle involved was found in Kearneysville along

Today on MetroNews This Morning:
–Changes are coming for those who get Medicaid coverage in West Virginia
–A public swearing in for the newest member of the state Supreme Court
–A drive-by shooting trial in Charleston continues today
–In Sports: The latest MetroNews Power Poll in high school football is out
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