Timothy Kennedy Wiki – Timothy Kennedy Biography
Timothy Kennedy, 29, was arraigned by video in Mingo County Magistrate Court. Kennedy, from the Mingo County community of Beech Creek near Matewan, was being held without bond at the Southwest Regional Jail. A suspect in the fatal shooting of a West Virginia state trooper officer was arraigned Saturday on one count of first-degree murder.
Jail records did not indicate whether Kennedy had an attorney who could comment on the charge. Dozens of policemen had searched for Kennedy for hours. He was arrested in a stolen vehicle on Friday night at a police checkpoint, media reported.
Man arraigned in shooting death of police officer
The previous Friday, Sgt. Cory Maynard and two police officers had responded to a report of a shooting at a home and were shot when they arrived, state police said in a statement. Maynard was shot and taken to a hospital in Logan. Gov. Jim Justice announced Maynard’s death in a statement Friday night, saying he was “absolutely heartbroken.”
“The brave men and women of law enforcement, and all the first responders who put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe, are an inspiration to all of us,” Justice said. Maynard won a state police award in 2015 after he administered first aid to a man who had been involved in a chase, crashed his vehicle, and stabbed himself in the neck in the Eastern Panhandle, according to state police.
During the initial shooting on Friday, Benjamin Adam Baldwin, 39, of Matewan, was shot with a rifle. He was in serious but stable condition Saturday at a Charleston hospital, state police said. The motive for the shooting is unknown and remains under investigation.
Nearby residents were advised to stay home during the search for Kennedy, and Friday night’s graduation ceremony at Mingo Central High School was postponed.
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The shooting occurred in the same county where Sheriff Eugene Crum was shot to death in April 2013 at a spot in Williamson where he used to park his car for lunch. Later, a suspect was found incompetent to stand trial and ordered committed for life to a state mental health facility.
Mingo and neighboring McDowell County are home to the legendary blood feud between the Hatfield family of West Virginia and the McCoy family of Kentucky.
Mingo County was nicknamed “Bloody Mingo” during the coal mine wars of the early 20th century. Ten people were killed in a 1920 shootout known as the “Matewan Massacre,” between miners led by a local police chief and a group of private security guards who were hired to evict miners for joining a union.
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