ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred around 10:45 p.m. on July 1, 2025 at the eastern terminus of Lewis Street, in the 1500 block. The shooting occurred in the alley area that runs in front of this garage, at the east end of Lewis Street. The garage is behind 509 Nancy Street.
ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred around 10:45 p.m. on July 1, 2025 at the eastern terminus of Lewis Street, in the 1500 block. The shooting occurred in the alley area that runs in front of this garage, at the east end of Lewis Street. The garage is behind 509 Nancy Street.
CHRISTOPHER MILLETTE | Gazette-Mail
A 20-year-old man was killed on ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä's East End Tuesday night, according to a media release from the ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Police Department.
Around 10:45 p.m., officers found Jaiden Deamphis Weekes, 20, of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä, lying in an alley at the eastern end of the 1500 block of Lewis Street with multiple gunshot wounds. Weekes was transported to the local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A police investigation found that Weekes was walking toward the front of a residence in the 1500 block of Lewis Street when he brandished a firearm and started shooting at the residence. A person inside the residence returned gunfire and fatally struck Weekes.
CPD Lt. Tony Hazelett said that as of 1 p.m. Wednesday, no has been charged or was in custody in the incident, but that there is no threat to the public. The case has been referred to the Kanawha County Prosecutor's Office. No other information is available at this time.
This is the sixth reported homicide in Kanawha County and fourth in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä in 2025.
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