FROM THE WEST VIRGINIA STATE POLICE
On Monday, July 21, 2025, Troopers from the Weston Detachment of the West Virginia State Police acquired a number of reviews of a male topic making bomb threats towards numerous authorities services. Whereas investigating these complaints, Troopers acquired an extra name reporting {that a} affected person at William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital had armed himself and was engaged in a standoff with facility personnel.
Troopers from all through the encompassing area responded to the scene and swiftly positioned and arrested the suspect with out incident. The person was recognized as Brandon McGoye, 27, of Huntington, WV — a affected person on the hospital. Investigators confirmed McGoye as the identical particular person chargeable for the sooner bomb threats.
McGoye has been charged with eight (8) counts of Terroristic Threats and 7 (7) counts of False Stories of Bombs or Different Explosive Gadgets. He was arraigned earlier than Lewis County Justice of the Peace McCue, who set bond at $1,000,000 money. McGoye is at present being held on the Central Regional Jail.
Though a number of bomb threats have been alleged, the continued investigation has discovered no proof of any precise or credible menace to public security right now.ble.
