Two Men Arrested after Fatal Shooting of 22-Year-Old Male at Area Apartment Complex; Drugs Involved
By Connect-Bridgeport Staff on March 24, 2023 via Connect-Bridgeport.com
WDTV is reporting that police responded to a reported shooting in a vehicle at Fairmont Hills Apartments on Cleveland Ave. in Fairmont just before 3 a.m. Thursday, according to a release from the Fairmont Police Department.
Responding officers saw one of the suspects connected to the murder, later identified as 18-year-old Leo Charles Ginty, of Frostburg, Maryland, drive away from the apartment complex and pulled him over.
Authorities said they found a large amount of marijuana in addition to other evidence in the vehicle that was seized.
The release says officers found 22-year-old 
, Clayton Vanlier Peck, also from Frostburg, Maryland, fatally shot from an apparent gunshot wound over an embankment.
A preliminary investigation by authorities show they had traveled to Fairmont to sell Marijuana to someone they were meeting at the complex, officers said.
Authorities said evidence near the scene was gathered and reviewed, and it was determined 18-year-old Zeighshawn Jarelle Meade was involved in the shooting. He would later be found at a North Side home.
Ginty has been charged with possession with intent to deliver scheduled drugs. He is being held at Tygart Valley Regional Jail on a $50,012 bond.
Meade has been charged with first-degree murder.
Officers said additional charges and arrests are pending.
This was a targeted attack, authorities said.
The incident remains under investigation, and Peck’s body has been sent to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Charleston.
Anyone with information regarding those involved or the incident is asked to call the Detective Division at 304-366-2217 or Marion County Dispatch at 304-366-4200.
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Editor's Note: Photos show Leo Charles Ginty, left, and Zeighshawn Jarelle Meade in images from the West Virginia Regional Jail Web site.
