Lyle Leslie Marpole II, 66, died after a shooting inside a home on Landfill Drive in Berkeley County, West Virginia, on May 3, 2022. Deputies say a verbal dispute at the residence between Marpole and 60-year-old Thomas Cox escalated when Cox allegedly retrieved a firearm and shot Marpole in the chest. Marpole was found seriously wounded, given life-saving measures, transported to Berkeley Medical Center and pronounced dead there.

Authorities identified Thomas Cox as the suspect, arrested him and charged him with first-degree murder; deputies reported recovering the firearm believed to have been used. Marpole, a Martinsburg man and U.S. Navy veteran, was survived by daughters and was laid to rest following a graveside service the next month. The fatal confrontation grew out of a domestic-style dispute between two men who had been living together.

If anyone knew Marpole or has information about the household or the events that led up to the May 3 shooting, please share what is known.