TUCKER COUNTY FATAL SHOOTING DETERMINED TO BE “ROAD RAGE”

A road rage incident left Tucker County resident Joseph Nelson dead, and the shooter, identified as Dan Sanders, turned the gun on himself after being contacted by a West Virginia State Police negotiator. Nelson was shot while driving on Route 32, between Canaan Valley and Davis. Through witnesses, police were able to identify Sanders; as the negotiator contacted him, they heard a shot fired in the vicinity, and eventually determined that Sanders shot himself.