Single gunshot reported near downtown Fairmont or river, Fairmont WV

Weapons

Reported: 11/1/2025 04:47 AM

Fairmont, WV 26554

A single gunshot was reported near downtown Fairmont or by the river. The source was not confirmed after officers investigated areas including Kirkway and Walnut streets. No evidence was found.

Audio|Source: Marion County Police, Fire, and EMS

02:26

Transcript:

00:00

I received one call.

00:02

She advises that she heard a single gunshot came from,

00:06

possibly downtown or maybe down along the river. She wasn't sure.

00:18

Yeah.

00:19

Forty-four, I'd be on the team.

00:21

You guys.

00:24

You guys a single shot.

00:28

She's got a single shot. She believes it was possibly a handgun.

00:36

She couldn't exactly pinpoint. It was west of her location, so it's possibly downtown or maybe down by the river.

00:43

I have an area here.

00:46

27,000. Found.

00:51

23 to 27. I don't have any service.

00:56

Tampton.

01:00

Fairmont, please request and you remain on seeing until CPS takes custody of the Juvenile.

01:07

Fairmont, 207. One of the details that I just got on.

01:11

There's Marion, 6.6.

01:15

3.02 to call him, sir. I'm 10.8.

01:18

Go ahead.

01:20

I have Kimberly Miller on the line.

01:22

You're personal.

01:24

The shots fired from 307th Street. She advised that she heard a single gunshot, possibly handgun.

01:31

She couldn't advise exactly where it came from, possibly downtown, or maybe down by the river.

01:36

10.4.

01:38

10.4.

01:40

2.20 Fairmont, I'm in downtown right now.

01:44

I'll drive around and look. What's that?

01:52

I'm going down by Kirk Way.

01:55

Not that one about that.

01:57

I just shot first street with nothing.

02:00

Oh.

02:02

44 Marion, everything is secure. That'll be clear at the location. Walnut.

02:07

1044, 44.

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0751.

02:11

Thank you, 44.

02:13

47, Mayn, okay. 44. 47, May 29.

02:15

Therefore.

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220, grandma.

02:18

Two-twenty.

02:23

I talked to some individuals that were outside the mission.

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