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Garrett Ray Hatten was 19 when he was fatally shot outside his home at 1005 Jackson Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia, shortly after 11 p.m. on June 23, 2014. The initial call to police was for a possible domestic disturbance but was upgraded to a shooting. Investigators said several people arrived at Hatten’s residence and an altercation developed on the side lawn; Hatten was shot once in the chest and died at the scene. Those who had come to the house fled in two vehicles before officers arrived.

Police arrested 19-year-old Dylan Stone the following afternoon and charged him with murder. At a July 2014 preliminary hearing witnesses described the dispute as stemming from a disputed $28 drug transaction that day; testimony included an account that Stone had a firearm, placed it against Hatten’s chest, and it discharged, while the defense maintained the shooting was accidental. Stone later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on January 26, 2016, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison on March 11, 2016. Garrett had recently graduated from Huntington High School and was expecting a child; his family and friends described the deep impact of his death.

Does anyone who knew Garrett or was in that neighborhood that night have information to share?