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WILLIAMSTOWN — The Wood County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal shooting near Williamstown Tuesday afternoon.

Sheriff Rick Woodyard confirmed the death of a male subject at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday.

The sheriff’s office posted on its Facebook page around 12:22 p.m. Tuesday that deputies were on the scene of a shooting involving two victims on Maple Drive in the Mullenix Subdivision near Williamstown.

“The scene is now secure at this time and it is believed that no present danger (exists) for (residents) in the area,” the post stated at the time.

Woodyard also said they have no reason to believe a third person was involved in the incident.

Another update posted around 3 p.m. said a preliminary investigation indicates that only two people were involved in the shooting, which is believed to be domestic in nature.

Detectives were executing a search warrant for the residence, the post said, adding names of those involved will be released upon notification of family members.

Emergency radio calls from the scene shortly after first-responders arrived had a number of deputies from the Wood County Sheriff’s Office on scene. The ambulance crew alerted the WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center, via radio, to have trauma and respiratory personnel ready to receive the patient when they arrived at the hospital.

It is not clear which patient crews were referring to.

There is no word on the condition of the other victim as of press time.

Woodyard believed additional updates on the situation would be made sometime today.