Incident

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10-17-2023 West Virginia West Hamlin 0-1

Location

October 17, 2023

9200 block of Straight Fork
West Hamlin, West Virginia

Participants

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Dakota Lee Clay
Age: 25
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Home Invasion
Home Invasion - subject/suspect/perpetrator injured
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator shot

Notes

Lincoln County, man shot by troopers after he broke into home, threatened to kill woman inside and burn her house down, followed her to neighboring home and repeatedly kicked front door, then got into fight with responding trooper

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.wowktv.com/news/west-virginia/lincoln-county-wv/shooting-involving-west-virginia-state-police-trooper-reported/

URL: https://www.wsaz.com/2023/10/17/trooper-involved-shooting-reported-lincoln-county/

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 7
State House District: 30