Suspect In Monongalia Quadruple Murder Dead

Monongalia Sheriff's Department and State Police have confirmed that shooting suspect Jody Hunt, 39, of Westover was found dead with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head off of U.S. Route 19 near the Monongalia and Marion County border.

West Virginia State Police said that Hunt killed four people, including the woman who filed a domestic violence case against Hunt last month.

Dead are Hunt; 39-year-old Sharon Kay Berkshire, of Westover, blamed by Hunt for his actions; 28-year-old Michael David Frum, of Maidsville; Doug Brady, of Westover, who owned a local towing company; and Jody Taylor, shot on Sweet Pea Lane and taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital where he died.

 Two of the shootings happened in the Westover area and the other was in the Cheat Lake area in Monongalia County, authorities said.

WAJR.com reported that Hunt made a Facebook post that indicated he was having relationship problems with a woman.

“I poured out my heart to her only to be maniupulated as to what I could give her," the post said, according to WAJR.com. “Life is short. It’s not all games. Don’t play a game with one’s heart.”

He continued: “My actions were not right nor were the actions of those who tried to tear me down and take from me. This was not the plan but a struggle to see that those who strives to hurt me received their fair pay of hurt like I received.”

As a precaution, all schools in Monongalia County were placed on lockdown, Westover police Sgt. M. Starsick said. West Virginia University in Morgantown said there was no immediate threat to the campus and classes resumed Monday following the Thanksgiving break.

State documents indicate Hunt owned J&J Towing and Repair LLC of Westover. Frank Brown lives in a house behind the towing company's lot. He said normally the lot is busy in the early morning but there was no such activity Monday.