Dwayne Richardson Jr. s friends remember his contagious smile.
Dwayne Richardson, Jr., a junior at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley was the recent victim of an accidental shooting death. Beckley Police say Richardson was killed Sunday by a 20 year old who was careless with an AR-15 rifle.
Now, heartache is ringing in the halls of Woodrow Wilson High School in Raleigh County as loved ones mourn the death of their friend.
“It s been pretty bad, really, I ain t going to lie,” longtime friend Josiah “JoJo” Harriston said. “It s been a hard week for me. Especially every time I go into class. I had been just missing him in there with me, talking, cracking jokes, everything.”
A man has been arrested following the shooting death of a high school student, according to the Beckley Police Department. Officers say the shooting took place on Sunday and resulted in 18 year old Dwayne Richardson suffering a single gunshot wound to the chest. Richardson later died at a Charleston hospital. An Investigation found that 20 year old Jeriamyah Fortner shot Richardson while recklessly handling an AR-15 riffle. Fortner turned himself in on Wednesday and is charged with four counts of wanton endangerment and manslaughter.
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BECKLEY, W. Va. (AP) - A West Virginia man has been charged in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old high school student, police said.
Jeriamyah Fortner, 20, was charged on Wednesday with voluntary manslaughter and wanton endangerment in the death of Dewayne Marquette Richardson Jr., news outlets reported, citing a statement from Beckley Police. Richardson, a basketball player at Woodrow Wilson High School, was shot once in the chest Sunday night.
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