Ernest Wayne Cline, 26 and identified as being from Oceana, West Virginia, was killed on August 6, 2014, during a confrontation at the Wyoming County home of Margaret Broyles. What began as a trip to get water and discuss lawn work for Cline’s brother, Jesse Graybeal, turned violent when James Marshall Green produced a firearm, pointed it at Graybeal, and a struggle over the weapon ensued. Cline exited a nearby vehicle and moved toward the men; Green then shot Cline four times, wounds that proved fatal. Graybeal was also wounded but survived.

A grand jury indicted Green on first-degree murder and attempted murder charges. At trial in June 2016 jurors convicted him of second-degree murder for Cline’s death and acquitted him of attempted murder in Graybeal’s shooting. The conviction was later reviewed on appeal, with the appellate court upholding the verdict and finding the evidence sufficient to support malice. If anyone knew Ernest Cline or witnessed the events at Broyles’s property, can you share information that might clarify what happened that day?