Defense attorney Zoe Shavers (at left) prepares to fist bump her client Chrishaun Coller (center) on July 14, 2025, in the courtroom of Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers (not pictured). Coller, who pleaded guilty in 2023 in connection with the 2021 shooting death of Da’nija L. Miller, 14, was released to five years of probation on July 14, 2025.
Defense attorney Zoe Shavers (at left) prepares to fist bump her client Chrishaun Coller (center) on July 14, 2025, in the courtroom of Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers (not pictured). Coller, who pleaded guilty in 2023 in connection with the 2021 shooting death of Da’nija L. Miller, 14, was released to five years of probation on July 14, 2025.
ASHLEY PERHAM | Gazette-Mail
A ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä teen who pleaded guilty in the 2021 shooting death of a Capital High School freshman was released to probation Monday.
Chrishaun Coller, 18, was 16 when he pleaded guilty in April 2023 to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of wanton endangerment in the death of Da’nija L. Miller, 14.
Miller died on Aug. 15, 2021, after a shooting was reported in the Rutledge area of Kanawha County. At the time, the prosecuting attorney said there was no proof Coller intentionally fired at Miller.
In June 2023, Coller was sentenced to 11 years in jail. However, since he was a juvenile at the time, he could be re-sentenced when he was 18.
In July 2024, Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Maryclaire Akers suspended Coller’s sentences and sentenced him to the Anthony Correctional Center in Greenbrier County to undergo a program there.
Monday, Akers heard about Coller’s progress at the Anthony Correctional Center in Greenbrier County.
A letter from the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation mentioned Coller’s “vocational accomplishments†and “therapeutic achievements,†Akers said.
As Coller has completed the Anthony Center Program, he is eligible for a period of probation up to five years. Akers sentenced him to five years of probation but said that timeframe could be lessened depending on Coller’s behavior.
He was released from state custody Monday.
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