Albert Fuller, a 54-year-old Black man from Charleston, West Virginia, was fatally shot on the East End the evening of April 4, 2015. Police responded to multiple gunshot reports shortly before 7 p.m. at Washington Street East and Ruffner Avenue and found Fuller critically wounded. He was taken to CAMC General Hospital and died a short time later. Neighbors said such violence was unusual so close to the Charleston Police Department, and a makeshift memorial appeared near the intersection.

Investigators quickly focused on Terrell Shaquel White after multiple witnesses identified him and surveillance footage from a nearby Tudor’s Biscuit World reportedly captured the shooting. White was arrested nearby and initially charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors said Fuller and White knew one another and had been in an altercation before the shooting; they later alleged White left the scene, returned with a gun and shot Fuller in the back. The defense maintained White acted in self-defense.

On January 18, 2018, White pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. At sentencing on March 20, 2018, the judge imposed 24 years in prison with credit for time served and parole eligibility after 10 years. Anyone who knew Fuller or saw what happened that night is asked to come forward with information.