Kerry Ray Casto, a 58-year-old man, was fatally shot on June 20, 2025, while working at a small trucking-company garage on Fowler Hill Road near Wellsburg, West Virginia. Although some reports associate him with the Wellsburg area, law enforcement identified him as being from Mingo Junction, Ohio, and his obituary listed Richmond, Ohio, as his residence. Coworkers heard gunshots that afternoon, found Casto wounded, and discovered 39-year-old Michael Allen Groch sitting in the parking lot; witnesses said Groch tossed a pistol away and employees detained him until deputies arrived.

Brooke County deputies rendered aid but Casto was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the state medical examiner’s office. Groch was arrested, arraigned and charged with first-degree murder and initially held without bond; a preliminary hearing was scheduled for June 30, 2025. Casto’s obituary says he was born December 11, 1966, and is survived by sons Jake and Kyle Casto and brother Lawrence Corky Casto; his family held private services.

Did anyone working at or near the Fowler Hill Road garage that day see or hear anything not yet reported?