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A Mingo County man remains behind bars, charged with the shooting death of a man he believed to be his wife’s lover in Logan County.

According to West Virginia State Police, Jonathan Ferrell, 47, of Gilbert, has been charged with first degree murder. Police say the victim of the shooting, 42-year-old Wyatt Robinson of Mallory, went to the home of Ferrell Sunday evening, and an altercation took place related to the relationship of Ferrell’s wife and Mallory.

The victim was declared dead at the scene of multiple gunshot wounds.

Troopers from both the Logan and Mingo detachments of the WVSP are investigating the murder.

Ferrell remained lodged in Southwestern Regional jail at presstime.