On November 4, 2020, at about 3:00 p.m. in Wallback, West Virginia, 33-year-old Benjamin Laughlin was shot multiple times inside a residence on Wallback Road and found unresponsive when troopers arrived after a 911 call. A witness at the scene identified the shooter and described a pickup truck with an extended cab; deputies later stopped a matching vehicle in the Hansford Fork area and arrested 32-year-old Cody Brooks Moore of Ivydale.

Moore was taken to the State Police detachment in Clay, read his rights, and confessed to shooting Laughlin multiple times. He was charged with first-degree murder and held at the Central Regional Jail without bond. Reports say the two men were acquainted and that a dispute broke out at the residence while several people were present.

Laughlin, a former Arnoldsburg resident, was remembered as a four-time LKC wrestling champion at Calhoun High School. Does anyone have information about the dispute that led to this shooting or knew Laughlin and can share what happened?