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Nate Chaney

Case from Charleston, WV dated Jan 12, 2016

Victim Details

Nate Chaney

Male

Black / African American

Charleston

WV

2016-01-12

22

Nate

Chaney

08/25/2026

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Nate Chaney, a 22-year-old Black / African American man from Charleston, West Virginia, was fatally shot on January 14, 2016. Although the date supplied for the case is January 12, contemporaneous news coverage and later law-enforcement reporting consistently place the shooting and Chaney's death on Thursday, January 14. The gunfire erupted at about 12:15 p.m. at the Littlepage Terrace Apartments in the 1700 block of Washington Street West on Charleston's West Side. Police said Chaney was shot m ...
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  • UPDATE: Suspect still on the run more than one year after Charleston man murdered
  • Charleston Gazette-Mail: Man shot to death on Charleston’s West Side
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