Austin Lee Lamb, 28, of Parkersburg, West Virginia, died in the early morning hours of February 28, 2026, after being shot multiple times inside a residence in the 1000 block of 40th Street. Parkersburg police were dispatched at about 12:10 a.m.; officers found Lamb on a couch with multiple gunshot wounds. Firefighters and EMS continued lifesaving efforts but he was pronounced dead at the scene. His obituary notes he was born September 17, 1997, a member of IUPAT District Council 53 for seven years, and remembered as a devoted father who valued time with family and friends.

Investigators say the events began during an evening out with friends. Prosecutors allege that Claudia Lynn Torres of Clarksburg went to her truck after arriving at the residence, retrieved a firearm, returned and opened fire while Lamb was seated on the couch. Witnesses reported seeing Torres enter and fire multiple shots and another witness saw her leave the house and fire an additional round. Prosecutors said surveillance footage corroborated significant portions of those accounts.

Torres was arrested and charged with first-degree murder and held without bond at a regional jail while the charge proceeded. The complaint and charging decision are public allegations, not findings of guilt. Does anyone have information about the evening that led to the shooting or about interactions between Lamb and Torres that night?