Murder/Suicide Ends In City Jail

"BLUEFIELD, WV — A Mercer County man arrested for fatally shooting a man and critically injuring a woman committed suicide Wednesday in the city's jail, police said.

"Authorities found Donald Ray Adams, 54, of Bluefield, dead from apparent suicide inside his Bluefield jail cell just before 4 p.m., Bluefield Police said. Further questions were forwarded to State Police troopers in the Princeton detachment. Troopers were not available at the detachment Wednesday night.

"Just before midnight Monday, Bluefield Police officers were called to 201 Burton Street in Bluefield to investigate a call of shots fired. Police then found Monica Watkins critically injured and her husband, John, 79, dead from a single gunshot wound, according to a complaint.

"Monica Watkins was responsive and identified Adams as the shooter, according to the complaint. She later told paramedics Adams allegedly stole $200 in cash and her checkbook after the shooting. She was taken to Bluefield Regional Medical Center and was later moved to the hospital in Virginia."

From the Charleston Gazette...