Misty Rose Williams, 40, of Dunbar, West Virginia, was shot and killed on the morning of April 13, 2026, after stepping out to her vehicle during a work break at the Nitro Marketplace Walmart. Responding officers found her slumped inside the vehicle with a single gunshot wound to the chest; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her obituary notes she was born June 6, 1985, in South Charleston, had worked at the Walmart and previously at Southridge Home Depot, and was devoted to her children.

Investigators reviewed Walmart surveillance footage that, according to the criminal complaint, shows Eric Dewayne Richmond of Charleston — described in reporting as an on-again, off-again partner who shared children with Williams — inside the store before the shooting and then outside where he approached or entered her vehicle.

Court records show Richmond faced prior domestic-battery allegations involving Williams and others, with several earlier charges later dismissed. He waived a preliminary hearing in May and the murder case was transferred to Kanawha County Circuit Court; no reported trial, plea or conviction had been recorded through August 15, 2026. Williams’ family held a memorial service on April 16. If anyone has information about that morning at the Nitro Marketplace Walmart or about Misty’s movements that day, please share what is known.