A man was shot and killed this afternoon on Charleston's West Side.
A caller told Kanawha County Metro 911 dispatchers that the man was shot in the parking lot at the Littlepage Terrace apartments on Washington Street West.
The man was shot in the head. After police removed him from the parking lot, a pair of boots and some bloody clothing were left behind.
Lt. Steve Cooper, chief of detectives for the Charleston Police Department, said just before 2 p.m. that the victim died.
Melonee Price, who lives in the apartment complex where the shooting took place, said she was in her apartment with her two sons when she heard one gunshot at first.
"When I heard the first gunshot I got my kids against the wall," she said. She said she heard four or five more shots and came out to find a black man lying on the ground and a crowd of about 10 people surrounding him.
"It was horrible," she said. "There was blood everywhere."
Price said she doesn't feel safe in the apartment complex. She doesn't allow her children, ages 11 and 14, to play outside.
She said she wished the police would establish more of a presence at and around the apartment complex.
"Low income doesn't make you less," she said. "My kids deserve to play outside."