FAYETTE COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office announced that multiple agencies responded to a fatal shooting in the Mt. Carbon area on Monday, August 18.

At approximately 10:30 a.m., deputies received reports of a gunshot victim and an active shooter.

Fayette County deputies were joined by West Virginia State Police troopers, Montgomery Police Department officers, and Division of Natural Resources (DNR) officers in responding to the scene.

Officials located the suspected shooter inside his residence, deceased from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Another individual was found dead outside under a neighboring carport.

Authorities are withholding the identity of this victim pending notification of next of kin.

Three additional people sustained minor gunsho

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