| CHARGED WITH DUELING - A McDowell County man accused in a fatal shootout faces a rare dueling charge.
The McDowell County grand jury indicted 47-year-old Steven Bryant Simpson Jr. of Gilliam Bottom on one count of murder by dueling.
State Police Senior Trooper J.S. McCarty says the charge carries the same penalty as first-degree murder.
Simpson could face life in prison if convicted.
Simpson is accused of killing 39-year-old Dana Martin in an April 2007 shootout a few hundred yards from Simpson's home.
McCarty says both men fired guns following an argument.
The dueling law was enacted in 1849 before West Virginia achieved statehood.
PARKERSBURG ROBBERY - A suspect armed with a handgun robbed a video lottery establishment in Parkersburg and fled on foot with the cash.
It was one in a series of incidents in Parkersburg related to armed robbery.
The incident occurred at Gary's Always Hot on Staunton Avenue.
The suspect is described as a white male in his early 20s.
The man entered the establishment and brandished a handgun before demanding money from the clerk.
Several customers were playing video lottery machines at the time.
Surveillance cameras at the gambling parlor captured images of the suspect.
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