Cory Tyler Garvin-Ward, a 31-year-old White man from Birch River, died on January 28, 2023, after a domestic-related shooting in the Dille community of Clay County, West Virginia. Troopers were called about 5:22 p.m. to a disturbance at a home on Youngs Monument Road and found Cory with a single gunshot wound to the chest. CPR was performed at the scene before he was taken to Summersville Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Investigators reported the shooting followed an argument between Cory and his brother over stolen property. Zachary Trace Garvin-Ward, then 21, was identified in the criminal complaint as the person accused of firing the fatal shot. He was secured at the scene, arrested, processed and taken to Central Regional Jail, with early reports stating he was being held without bond.

The death was treated as a homicide arising from a family dispute. What else is known about the events that afternoon or anyone who saw activity on Youngs Monument Road that day?