Beverly Hensley, a 34-year-old White woman from Charleston, West Virginia, was killed late on the night of December 26, 2023, inside an apartment at Orchard Manor on the 2000 block of Lippert Street. Charleston police responded about 11:30 p.m. and found Hensley suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

A 9-month-old baby girl was inside the home and suffered grazing injuries to her chest and hand or thumb while Hensley was picking her up as the shooting unfolded. The infant was taken to a local hospital with injuries not believed to be life-threatening.

Investigators identified 38-year-old Dominick Curtis Gray of Columbus, Ohio, as the suspect. Court testimony at a January 2024 preliminary hearing reported that Gray allegedly admitted to another person that he shot Hensley after an argument, saying he lost control. Charges were bound over to a Kanawha County grand jury and an indictment included first-degree murder, malicious wounding, and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony; Gray was held without bail.