Shane Michael Bush, 26, of Cabin Creek, West Virginia, was shot and killed on Christmas morning, December 25, 2022, after a family argument inside a residence along Decota Road in the Eskdale area of Kanawha County. Deputies were called just before 8 a.m.; Bush was found shot and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators reported the shooting occurred during a fight and that a family member fired a gun several times in an attempt to break up the altercation. Deputies later said the shooter was Bush’s brother, who was detained while authorities sought to determine exactly what happened inside the home.

The sheriff’s office said there was no ongoing threat to the public, and early reports indicated no arrest had been made at the time the case was publicly released. The Kanawha County Prosecutor’s Office was set to review the investigation to decide whether charges were warranted. Bush was remembered by family as a Riverside High School graduate who worked as a coal miner at Speed Mining in Dawes and was devoted to his wife; the circumstances of his death left his family grieving on what should have been a holiday morning.

Did anyone in the Eskdale or Cabin Creek area hear or see anything that morning that could help clarify what happened?