WELLSBURG - The Brooke County Sheriff's Department is seeking a person who passed a vehicle that left the home of 30-year-old Jason Lee Pratz at about 5:30 p.m. Monday.
Pratz was found dead from a gunshot wound at his Genteel Ridge Home at about 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Brooke County Sheriff Chuck Jackson is seeking the driver of a vehicle, possibly a green Ford Taurus, that was almost struck by a vehicle leaving Pratz' home as it entered state Route 67 from Genteel Ridge Road and turned toward Wellsburg at a high rate of speed.
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INVESTIGATION CONTINUES — The Brooke County Sheriff’s Department continues to seek information about the shooting death of 30-year-old Jason Lee Pratz Monday at his Genteel Ridge Road home in McKinleyville. The Brooke County Sheriff’s Department is seeking a person who passed a vehicle connected to the incident at about 5:30 p.m. that day. - Warren Scott
Jackson stressed the driver of the green vehicle isn't a suspect in the case but is asked to contact the sheriff's department, which can be reached at (304) 527-1430 or (304) 737-3660.
The sheriff said he couldn't discuss other details in the ongoing investigation.
He said earlier the shooting is believed to have occurred in the late afternoon or early evening Monday.
