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Jack Albert Douglas, 49, was one of three men killed in a shooting on June 13, 2016, in the rural Valley High Timber Farms area of Morgan County, West Virginia. Douglas, a carpenter who enjoyed refinishing furniture and tractor pulling, had been helping connect water service for his daughter and was also checking on a vacant property at 1162 Gamble Lane after being asked to keep an eye on it. He and Terry Lee Marks drove onto the property with Travis Bartley and William Bartley to clear logs blocking the driveway when Erick D. Shute appeared carrying a rifle.

According to trial testimony, Shute warned against calling police and then opened fire; Douglas and the two Bartleys were fatally shot, while Marks fled through the woods and survived. Investigators reported two victims had been shot in the back and found no firearms on the victims or in their vehicle. Shute left the scene, later surrendered to police in Pennsylvania, pleaded not guilty, and at trial admitted shooting the three men while claiming he believed they posed a deadly threat.

Anyone who knew Jack Douglas or has information about his activities in Morgan County around June 2016 is asked to come forward.