Nelson Maynard Mitchell, 49, of Belle, West Virginia, was fatally shot on May 2, 2019, in the 1800 block of West Dupont Avenue. State troopers and local responders converged on the apartment complex that afternoon; early reports said multiple people were detained while investigators secured the scene. An obituary confirmed Mitchell’s identity and described him as a self-employed HVAC specialist with deep family ties in the area.

Detectives focused on 32-year-old Jeffrey Adam Wentz of Dupont City, who was taken into custody the same day and initially charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors later said the shooting followed an altercation outside Wentz’s residence and contemporaneous accounts reported Mitchell had thrown rocks at an apartment before the gunfire. The case moved through the courts, and in October 2020 Wentz pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and received a 10-year prison sentence.

Are there details about the afternoon on West Dupont Avenue that anyone who was there can share?