Timothy Jett, a 55-year-old Caucasian man, was fatally shot on February 7, 2017, inside a residence on Garrison Avenue in Charleston, West Virginia. He died at the scene. A second victim, 38-year-old Audrey Short, was also shot that day and was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.

Within 24 hours police arrested two people, Bobby Hall, 42, and Misty Rucker, 38. They were initially charged in Jett’s killing; those charges were later amended to include Short after she was taken off life support and died about a week after the shooting. Authorities alleged Bobby Gene Hall shot both victims while they were in bed and that Misty Ann Rucker acted as a lookout at the front door. The two reportedly fled in a stolen vehicle and were later captured. In August 2017 both pleaded not guilty to charges including first-degree murder; in April 2018 Bobby Gene Hall pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder.