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UPDATE: Fatal shooting in Romney

March 1st, 2023 by WCBC Radio

The Cumberland Times News reports one man was killed and another taken into police custody following a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Romney. Hampshire County Sheriff Nathan Sions identified the victim Wednesday as Thomas Puffinberger, 31, and the alleged shooter as Michael R.T. Nair, 39. Sions, whose agency assisted Romney Police Department with the investigation, said both men lived at 104 S. Grafton and no one else was at the residence at the time of the incident, which happened about 3:50 p.m.