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Richie Holcomb 2 of 2

Gender : Male

Age : 36

Race : White

Date : 06/03/2022

Location : Fire House Road

City : Birch River

County : Nicholas

State : West Virginia

Agency : Nicholas County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Tom Baker, J. Ellison

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Destruction of property

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

West Virginia police arrived at a call or a man was allegedly destroying property. Richie Holcomb and another man allegedly locked themselves into their home. Police alleged they begin shooting shooting at them, killing officer Tom Baker. They shot and killed Holcomb.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/man-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-in-nicholas-county-deputys-death/

https://wchstv.com/news/local/shooting-timeline-deputy-killed-nicholas-county-tom-baker-birch-river-j-ellison-investigation-court-records-rv-brent-tyler-kelly-richie-holcolmb-shootout-barricaded-standoff-shots-fired-summersville-911-west-virginia

https://wchstv.com/news/local/suspect-in-nicholas-county-deputys-murder-investigation-taken-into-custody