Joshua Rasnick was 22 when he was shot and killed near Stoney Ridge Road in Bluefield, West Virginia, on the evening of July 11, 2019. The shooting occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. and prompted an immediate investigation by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department after Rasnick’s girlfriend called authorities.

Investigators focused on another 22-year-old Bluefield resident, Timothy Paul Hager. Troopers located Hager in a wooded area and took him into custody on unrelated charges including battery of an officer, obstruction, and fleeing on foot. Authorities later charged Hager with second-degree murder and reported that an AK-47 was the weapon used in the fatal shooting. Hager was subsequently found guilty of second-degree murder.

If anyone knew Joshua or has information about what happened that night, please share what you know.