David Scott Bennett, 65, was shot the evening of August 19, 2024, at the Economy Inn, 1620 Winchester Avenue, Martinsburg, West Virginia. Deputies were called shortly after 8:00 p.m. for a report of shots fired; they found Bennett with a gunshot wound to the chest. Responders performed lifesaving measures on scene and he was taken to Berkeley Medical Center, where he later died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.

The shooting became an active investigation by the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities said there was no immediate threat to the public and asked anyone with information to come forward. A 38-year-old Martinsburg man named Michael Allen Taylor was identified in reports as a person of interest or a second man connected to the shooting; those reports did not show an arrest or any charges at the time.

What did anyone in Martinsburg or at the Economy Inn see or hear that night that could help investigators?