Teddy Wade Toler was 48 when he was fatally shot in the Hanover area of Wyoming County, West Virginia, on Friday, August 22, 2025. Known as Wade, he was born March 31, 1977, in Welch, graduated from Baileysville High School, and is survived by daughters Karisma and Zachery Toler, siblings Karen Woods and Regina Toler, and other family members who remembered him as kind and gentle.

Sheriff Brad Ellison and the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office said Toler died of gunshot wounds and identified his nephew and neighbor, Austin Cline, as the person who shot him. Investigators called for a thorough evidence-gathering process and were assisted by the West Virginia State Police Crime Scene Team; as of August 25 no charges had been filed in the August 22 shooting. The case is notable because Cline allegedly fired at Toler during a domestic altercation on December 15, 2024, a previous incident that led to Cline’s arrest on wanton endangerment, domestic assault, and a controlled-substance charge.

Visitation and funeral services for Toler were scheduled for August 29, 2025, with burial in the Toler Cemetery in Hanover. Does anyone in the Hanover area have information about the events leading up to August 22, 2025?