Early on Thursday, March 23, 2023, 22-year-old Clayton Vanlier Peck of Frostburg, Maryland, was found deceased over an embankment at the Fairmont Hills Apartment Complex in Fairmont, West Virginia. Fairmont police determined Peck had been fatally shot in what they described as a targeted attack and said there was no broader danger to the public.

Investigators say Peck and an acquaintance, 18-year-old Leo Charles Ginty of Frostburg, had gone to the complex intending to sell a large quantity of marijuana. Police encountered the two men in a vehicle as they were responding; Ginty was taken into custody and the marijuana was recovered. Evidence from the car and scene led detectives to 18-year-old Zeighshawn Jarelle Meade, who was arrested in Fairmont and charged with first-degree murder. Two others, Illes Williams and Jayden Cheriza, were later implicated and indicted in October 2023; Ginty was charged with possession with intent to deliver.

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