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PARKERSBURG - A Parkersburg woman has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting and killing another woman outside her apartment Monday.
Samantha Deem, 33, of Parkersburg was arrested Monday evening, hours after she allegedly shot Jessica Lively, 35, of Raleigh County following a verbal dispute at a Seventh Street apartment building, according to a press release issued by Parkersburg Police Chief Matthew Board early this morning.
Police officers were dispatched at approximately 1:32 p.m. Monday to 800 Seventh St. in reference to a shooting. Lively was found lying in the hallway of the apartment complex, and, despite attempted life-saving measures by emergency medical personnel, she succumbed to her injuries, the release says.
Investigation revealed Lively and a male subject went to the apartment building to speak to a friend who lives there, the release says. They knocked on the door, and Deem answered. Lively and Deem became involved in an argument and Deem retrieved a firearm and shot Lively once in the chest, the release says.
The investigation proceeded into the evening, with witnesses providing information identifying Deem as the shooter, the release says.
Ultimately, Deem surrendered to law enforcement and was taken into custody and placed in the Wood County Holding Facility. Although she is to be arraigned in Wood County Magistrate Court, bond must be set in Circuit Court because murder is a capital offense.
The release says Lively and Deem knew each other and there is no further danger to the public. It also asks anyone with information related to the incident to contact Det. Eichhorn at 304-424-8539.
The department in the release thanks the Wood County Sheriff’s Office, West Virginia State Police, Parkersburg Fire Department and Camden Clark Ambulance Service for their assistance in the investigation.