by Enjoli Francis and Angelique Yack

November 23, 2016

 

Federal authorities said today they are reviewing the shooting death of a black teenager in West Virginia as a hate crime.

On Monday around 8:45 p.m., according to the criminal complaint, Charleston police responded to a report of a shooting in East Charleston, Kanawha County.

According to the complaint, James Means, 15, bumped into William Pulliam, 62, of East Charleston, and the two “exchanged words.” Pulliam then went into a store but when he came out and made his way home, he and Means again had a “verbal dispute.”

 

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