00:00So Eric DeWine Richmond was arrested this afternoon, charged with murder.
00:05N8 reporter Bailey Tucker joins us live from Kanawha County Magistrate Court where Richmond is set to be arraigned.
00:11And Bailey, what new information have you been told?
00:16Yeah, Gina, Jacob, what we know is that Walmart employee Misty Williams was shot today,
00:22found dead in her car this morning around 9 o'clock from a gunshot wound just outside of the Nitro
00:27Marketplace Walmart.
00:28Deputies say Eric Richmond, who shares children with Williams, was the one who pulled the trigger.
00:35Eric DeWine Richmond was arrested this afternoon and charged with murder.
00:38We were in the room as he was arraigned this evening in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
00:43And here's what we know about how things played out this morning.
00:46Coworkers of Williams tell law enforcement she went out to her car on a break.
00:49And when she didn't return, they went out to look for her and found her slumped over in the seat
00:54of her car.
00:55Nitro Police Department was called to the scene and discovered she was dead from a single gunshot wound.
01:00Cameras outside of Walmart helped investigators determine Eric Richmond as the shooter.
01:04And now according to the criminal complaint, cameras showed Richmond approaching Williams' vehicle.
01:08They saw the car pull forward in a violent manner and strike another parked vehicle.
01:13After this, Richmond can be seen exiting and re-entering the car multiple times before fleeing in a black pickup
01:18truck.
01:18The Nitro Police Department received a call this morning of a gunshot victim in the parking lot at the Nitro
01:24Police Walmart.
01:25And they called the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office.
01:27And the Kanawha Bureau of Investigation will be assisting the Nitro Police Department in this case.
01:35Richmond has faced prior charges related to domestic battery, amongst other things in Kanawha County.
01:40Some as recent as August of 2024.
01:42He's now being charged with first-degree murder.
01:45Now, like I said, we were just in the courtroom with him and found out that he is being held
01:50without bail.
01:51He has a preliminary hearing coming up on April 20th at 2 p.m.
01:56Reporting live in Charles, Sin Bailey Tucker on 8.
