A shooting on Whitten Ridge Road near Hannan in Mason County, West Virginia, left two men dead and a third wounded on November 13, 2020. Officers found three men with gunshot wounds inside a home; Ivan Lambert was pronounced dead at the scene, while Ricky Earl Pickens and James Smith Jr. were taken to a local hospital. Pickens later died of his injuries and Smith Jr. survived.

In May 2021, three people were indicted in connection with the double homicide. Brandon A. Smith, 30, of Milton, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder, while Corey A. Turner and Dustin L. Lyons were each indicted on two counts of accessory to murder. The Mason County Prosecuting Attorney described the crime as unusually heinous for the county and said prosecutors would seek justice for the victims’ families.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything on Whitten Ridge Road the night of November 13, 2020?