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Ethan Samuel Chic-Colbert

Case from Charleston, WV dated Jan 26, 2025

Victim Details

Ethan Samuel Chic-Colbert

Male

Black / African American

Charleston

WV

2025-01-26

34

Ethan

Samuel Chic-Colbert

07/01/2026

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In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 26, 2025, the life of 34-year-old Ethan Samuel Chic-Colbert, a Black/African American male from St. Albans, West Virginia, was cut short in a fatal shooting on the east end of Charleston. The incident, which marked the city's first homicide of the year, unfolded around 3:50 a.m. in a parking lot at 400 Elizabeth Street. Responding to a call, Charleston police discovered Chic-Colbert in the driver's seat of his vehicle, suffering from multiple gunshot ...
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  • WV MetroNews: Deadly 24 hours in the Mountain State - WV MetroNews
  • Charleston Gazette-Mail: Update: Victim in fatal East End shooting found guilty in boy's 2012 death
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