On the evening of July 21, 2020, a fatal altercation on the side of U.S. Route 19 in Birch River, West Virginia, left 41-year-old David Allen Stover dead from a gunshot wound. The shooting occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. and Stover was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department identified the alleged shooter as Stover’s 22-year-old son, David Allen Stover Jr., of Poca. Deputies arrested Stover Jr., charged him with murder, and he was held in the Central Regional Jail without bail. Authorities said a firearm was used but did not immediately release a motive or the specific circumstances of the altercation.

The investigation was led by the Nicholas County Sheriff’s Department and the matter moved into the legal system following the arrest. If anyone witnessed the July 21 incident on U.S. Route 19 or has information about the events leading up to the shooting, please share what is known.