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Craig Kinder, 36, of Mt. Carbon, West Virginia, was killed in the early morning hours of June 27, 2023, on Route 61 near the Family Dollar in Montgomery. The shooting occurred just after midnight on the Kanawha County side of town and became a double homicide when 23-year-old Zion Mitchell of Charleston was also found shot in the street. Police described the deaths as following some kind of confrontation and reported drugs were found in the roadway, though the type of drugs was not disclosed.

Multiple agencies assisted the Montgomery Police Department at the scene. Officers detained and questioned several people and executed a search warrant on a suspect’s car, but police clarified that no one had been arrested and no suspect had been publicly named. Craig’s family held a memorial service in early July 2023 and called for anyone with information to come forward, worried witnesses might stop cooperating as memories fade.

Does anyone who was in the Route 61 area near the Family Dollar around midnight on June 27, 2023, have surveillance footage or information that could help investigators?