Incident

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6-14-2024 West Virginia Princeton 5-1

Location

June 14, 2024

Days Inn Conference Center
347 Meadowfield Ln
Princeton, West Virginia

Participants

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age Group: Adult 18+
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Age: 5
Age Group: Child 0-11
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: Rykeem Wilborn
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Family
Name: Christopher Antonie (CJ) Wilborn Jr.
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Child Involved Incident
Child injured (not child shooter)
Defensive Use
Defensive Use - Victim shot
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)
Shootout (where VENN diagram of shooters and victims overlap)
House party / Block Party / Park Party
Domestic Violence

Notes

off US-460, three bystanders shot (incl child) and one grazed when two family members exchanged gunfire after fight broke out at private family gathering, one shooter also shot acting in self-defense

Guns Involved

2 guns involved.

Type: Unknown

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://wvmetronews.com/2024/06/14/multiple-victims-in-princeton-shooting/

URL: https://www.wvva.com/2024/06/15/breaking-mass-shooting-princeton/

URL: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/family-argument-leads-to-gunfire/article_de4335ba-2abe-11ef-b587-e75b5252e9dd.html

URL: https://www.wvnstv.com/top-stories/shooting-at-hotel-leaves-multiple-people-injured/

URL: https://www.bdtonline.com/news/shooter-facing-multiple-felony-charges-after-gunfire-at-princeton-hotel/article_dc296b40-2cae-11ef-9fae-5b2f07f237fd.html

District

Congressional District: 1
State Senate District: 6
State House District: 39