GRAFTON, W.Va. (WBOY) – The suspect in the Grafton Walmart shooting was one of 39 people indicted by a grand jury in October in Taylor County.
The shooting occurred on Memorial Day, May 29, and involved the victim, Clayton Allen Anderson, 26, and the suspect, William Tucker Jenkins, 23, of Friendsville, Pennsylvania. ) was injured. Prosecutors said Jenkins opened fire after the pursuit ended when the vehicle he was driving became disabled near the Marion County line.
Jenkins is charged with attempted murder, wanton endangerment with a firearm, use or presentation of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and fleeing in a vehicle from law enforcement, exhibiting reckless indifference to the safety of others. It was done.
Jenkins was discharged from the hospital on June 16th. Prosecutors said that at the time of the shooting, Jenkins already had an arrest warrant out of Pennsylvania for failure to appear in court for driving under the influence during a drug incident.
Other indictments
John Moore, 30, of Grafton, was charged with one count each of kidnapping and domestic violence, and a third count. He was arrested last month after an argument over McDonald’s escalated and Moore allegedly held a knife to a woman’s throat and threatened to cut her.
Sarah Quinn, 39, of Clarksburg, was charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and one count of conspiracy. She was arrested after a single-vehicle accident on Lincoln Street in Grafton, where responding officers found multiple types of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
Patrick Thompson, 27, of Flemington, was charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver methamphetamine. He was arrested after Taylor County Sheriff’s Office officials said during a traffic stop he admitted to selling methamphetamine “in support of his habit.”
Todd Huston, 34, of Morgantown, is charged with fleeing a law enforcement officer in a vehicle while under the influence of a hazardous substance and fleeing a law enforcement officer in a vehicle exhibiting reckless indifference to the safety of another person. He was charged with one count. He was arrested in June following a pursuit that reached speeds of 115 mph at several points and spanned three counties, with several near crashes, West Virginia State Police said.
Click here to view all indictments from the October grand jury session.
