On September 30, 2018, 29-year-old Timothy Dewayne Rush was killed in an altercation at the Gold Dome bar, 311 57th Street in Kanawha City, Charleston, West Virginia. The confrontation occurred early that morning around 6 a.m. and resulted in Rush’s death.

The Charleston Police Department identified Joseph Gilbert Lucas Jr., then 32 and last known to live in Cross Lanes, as the primary suspect and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Lucas later said in court that the fight was not premeditated and that he acted after Rush pulled a gun on him, but Judge Joanna Tabit expressed skepticism about the self-defense claim and found the conduct more deliberate.

Lucas was apprehended, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, and on May 14, 2021 Kanawha Circuit Judge Joanna Tabit sentenced him to 40 years in prison. The West Virginia Beverage Control Administration temporarily suspended the Gold Dome’s license during the investigation.

Does anyone have information about Rush, the bar that night, or witnesses who saw the altercation?