Anthony John Congo, a 68-year-old White male from Hedgesville, West Virginia, died on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, after a shooting at a home on Tub Run Hollow Road in Berkeley County. Online reports describe him as Anthony “Tony” John Congo, born on October 11, 1956, in Baltimore, Maryland, and remembered as someone with a background in electrical engineering, federal government work, and a deep love of music, audio, and drumming. His death came suddenly at his home, turning what had been an ordinary afternoon in Hedgesville into the center of a murder investigation.
Berkeley County Sheriff's deputies were called to Tub Run Hollow Road at about 2:18 p.m. for a reported shooting. When investigators arrived, Anthony Congo was found dead at the scene. The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Division responded, including Cpl. Dopson, Deputy Giangola, Deputy Weidman, and Deputy Jenkins.
Authorities began processing the scene, obtained search warrants, and seized evidence as they worked to determine what had happened inside or around the residence.
The investigation quickly focused on Anthony's son, John Alexander Congo, who was 25 years old and also from Hedgesville. Investigators arrested John Congo at or after the scene investigation and accused him of fatally shooting his father. Reports state that the evidence gathered at the scene indicated John Congo was responsible for Anthony Congo's death. He was transported to Eastern Regional Jail after his arrest.
John Alexander Congo was initially charged with murder and held without bail while the case remained under investigation. Later reporting on Berkeley County grand jury indictments stated that John Alexander Congo was charged with murder and use of a firearm during the commission of a felony. No other suspects were identified in the online sources reviewed, and the public reports framed the case as a father's shooting death allegedly committed by his adult son.
Authorities continued asking for information from the public after the arrest. Anyone with information was directed to contact lead investigator Corporal Dopson at the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office. The available online reporting did not show a completed trial, conviction, acquittal, plea, or sentencing outcome, only the arrest, charges, and later indictment information connected to John Alexander Congo.
