Violent crime increases in West Virginia as pandemic stretches on By
January 3, 2021 - 6:00 am
Kanawha County detectives exit a house near Elkview on Dec. 13 where 4 people were killed including 2 children. (Photo/MetroNews)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. Violent crimes and tragedies have been on the increase in West Virginia in recent months causing some to wonder how much the ongoing pandemic is contributing to the behavior.
Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford
Kanawha County Sheriff Mike Rutherford said 10 deaths in connection with six separate murder cases in his county from Dec. 1 to Jan. 1 have left him at a loss to explain it.
“I don’t know,” Rutherford said. “I’m been doing this in Kanawha County for 48 years and I’ve never seen the likes of this.”
Times West Virginian
Jan 2, 2021
BRIDGEPORT â Bridgeport Police responded to the Heritage Farms area of the city on New Yearâs Day after an investigation found a man had shot and killed his wife after an argument.
According to a press release from the Bridgeport Police Department, Vincent T. Zummo, 47, shot his wife, Kelly T. Zummo, 48, who was later found dead in a vehicle that had crashed into a home on Oakview Drive.
Police said the argument began outside their home on Horizon Circle, which Kelly Zummo fled.
Vincent âVinnieâ Zummo, a supervisory U.S. probation officer in Bridgeport, then went back into their home where he was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.