James Hambrick, a 42-year-old White man from Charleston, West Virginia, was shot during a violent confrontation on Charleston’s West Side on August 5, 2022. According to police, Hambrick was leaving a residence near Hunt Avenue and Sixth Street when people in two vehicles arrived, words were exchanged, weapons were drawn, and multiple shots were fired. He was struck in the head, taken to Charleston Area Medical Center with critical injuries, and pronounced dead on August 7, 2022, turning the matter into a homicide investigation.

Officers say a vehicle fled the scene after the shooting but was stopped shortly afterward. Investigators developed a suspect who was 17 at the time; a juvenile petition for first-degree murder was filed. The accused was later identified as Ja’Keith Kinnell, also referred to as Mob Jay Kinnell. Court proceedings advanced and resulted in a guilty plea to second-degree murder followed by a 10-year prison sentence.

Did anyone on Charleston’s West Side see activity near Hunt Avenue and Sixth Street that afternoon?