Jason Lee Ellis, a 38-year-old man from Huntington, West Virginia, died after a shooting on November 13, 2021. Officers responded to a report around 4:30 p.m. and found Ellis on the front porch of a residence with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the torso. He was taken by ambulance to Cabell Huntington Hospital and later pronounced dead.

Initial police action treated the case as a homicide investigation with no immediate arrests. More than a year later, court records said Ellis’s girlfriend told investigators that Ellis had taken about seven ounces of marijuana from a female dealer known as A.J. The complaint alleges A.J., identified as Autumn Faith Hammond of Southfield, Michigan, confronted the couple with a pistol, placed the gun to both their heads, and threatened them. The girlfriend escaped; Ellis was later found shot on the porch. Hammond’s twin brother allegedly told investigators she told him she shot Ellis because she believed he had stolen the marijuana.

Autumn Faith Hammond was charged with murder, use or presentment of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and wanton endangerment and pleaded not guilty in Cabell County court. Does anyone have information about Ellis, the shooting, or the people involved that could help investigators?