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Mingo County man, 29-year-old Timothy Kennedy, charged with murder following what has been described as an ambush attack on State Troopers. Sgt. Cory Maynard was fatally shot and killed. Troopers were answering a call for another shooting that wounded a civilian. BEECH CREEK A decorated West Virginia State Trooper was fatally shot and another man wounded in the Beech Creek area of Mingo County last Friday. State Police arrested 29-year-old Timothy Kennedy, of Matewan, for a charge of first deg

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West Virginia State Police say Benjamin Adam Baldwin, 39, of Matewan is in serious but stable condition.

Maynard leaves behind his wife and two children, who were 9 and 13. A gofundme page has been set up to help his family.

“About 10, 11 o’clock last night he [the shooting suspect] knocks on the door asking for a pop. My husband tells him the law is looking for him and he can’t let him in or nothing,” Cisco says.

Sgt. Maynard was known for his passion to make the Williamson community better.

Timothy Kennedy, the man accused of killing West Virginia State Police Trooper Sgt. Cory Maynard, was charged with sexual assault in 2018, according to a criminal complaint.

Troopers said they were met with gunfire when they responded to a shooting complaint near Matewan.

Sgt. Cory Maynard’s funeral will be Wednesday, June 7 at 3 p.m. at Mingo Central High School.

A new law affecting perpetrators in officer-involved shootings took effect on Sunday, just two days after State Police Sgt. Cory Maynard’s death on Friday.