Home intruder in Berkeley County dead after being shot with handgun

INWOOD, W.Va. –A man intruding in a Berkeley County home died Wednesday [Sept 11] after being shot.

Berkeley County Dispatch received a call at 3:46 a.m. from resident Michael Marshall, who made the call after firing his handgun on Winchester Avenue in Inwood, WV. Marshall said the intruder was in the garage of his mother’s vacant home.

There were six Berkeley County deputies that responded to the scene, in which they found the intruder lying face down on the garage floor, and later identified him as 38-year-old Joshua Boone from Williamsport, MD.

The deputies performed life saving measures before EMS arrived but shortly after their arrival Boone was pronounced dead. Investigators, Funk, Jenkins, and Giangola IV from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigators were called to the scene and the investigation is currently still ongoing.

Marshall told investigators that he had previously reported a break in on Aug. 27, and shortly after that report he installed motion sensors. And this morning he was alerted to motion coming from the residence. When Marshall arrived, he found Boone in the garage. Marshall stated that Boone turned toward him with something in his hand, and that is when Marshall fired his handgun hitting Boone.

–A man intruding in a Berkeley County home died Wednesday after being shot.

Berkeley County Dispatch received a call at 3:46 a.m. from resident Michael Marshall, who made the call after firing his handgun on Winchester Avenue in Inwood, WV. Marshall said the intruder was in the garage of his mother’s vacant home.

There were six Berkeley County deputies that responded to the scene, in which they found the intruder lying face down on the garage floor, and later identified him as 38-year-old Joshua Boone from Williamsport, MD.

The deputies performed life saving measures before EMS arrived but shortly after their arrival Boone was pronounced dead. Investigators, Funk, Jenkins, and Giangola IV from the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigators were called to the scene and the investigation is currently still ongoing.

Marshall told investigators that he had previously reported a break in on Aug. 27, and shortly after that report he installed motion sensors. And this morning he was alerted to motion coming from the residence. When Marshall arrived, he found Boone in the garage. Marshall stated that Boone turned toward him with something in his hand, and that is when Marshall fired his handgun hitting Boone.