Heartbreaking.
“I am absolutely heartbroken tonight to report that Sergeant Cory Maynard of the West Virginia State Police was fatally wounded in an incident this afternoon near Matewan,” Gov. Justice said, in part.
Around 10 p.m. Friday, investigators said Kennedy was spotted in the Beech Creek area. He was arrested shortly after when state police said he approached a command center they had set up.
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