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PARKERSBURG A Belpre man died after a shooting Saturday on DuPont Road, Wood County Sheriff Steve Stephens said.
According to a release from the Sheriff’s Department, deputies were dispatched around 10:20 p.m. Saturday to a shots fired call at JT’s Auto LLC at 1567 DuPont Road, Parkersburg.
They found 39-year-old Edward Lee Tice II, of Belpre, on the ground with a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center, Stephens said.
Investigation revealed that during a party, there was an altercation between Tice and Thomas C. Burdette, 27, of Parkersburg, that led to the shooting, the release said.