Michael Christian, a 60-year-old White male from Huntington, West Virginia, was shot and killed outside his residence on Sixth Avenue on the morning of August 19, 2025. Police were dispatched about 9:44 to 9:45 a.m. to the 500 block, later identified as 537 Sixth Avenue. Officers found Christian with multiple gunshot wounds and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators quickly classified the death as a homicide and said the shooting appeared to be a targeted, isolated encounter rather than a random attack. The investigation focused on acquaintance Carson Scott Jeffers, who police alleged had been involved in an ongoing verbal dispute with Christian and targeted him when the conflict turned violent.

Jeffers had a prior second-degree murder conviction from a 2007 shooting; that prior felony made it illegal for him to possess a firearm and later added a separate firearms charge in this case. A Cabell County grand jury indicted Jeffers in early June 2026 on first-degree murder, use or presentment of a firearm during a felony, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. On June 9, 2026, he pleaded not guilty and was ordered held without bond. Does anyone who knew Michael or observed activity on Sixth Avenue that morning have information to share?