Jury trial requested in homicide case
WAYNESBURG – A jury trial is scheduled to begin in November for an Aleppo man charged in the June 26 shooting death of Terry S. Weyrick, 42, of Cameron, W.Va.
Randy Flynn Anderson, 52, of 472 Morford Road, is charged with firing the fatal shot after a night of drinking at Anderson’s home in Springhill Township. He is charged with homicide, possessing a firearm, abuse of a corpse and tampering or fabricating physical evidence.
Police said Anderson told them that he, Weyrick and Herbert David Long, who was staying with Anderson, were drinking at Anderson’s residence when Weyrick grabbed Anderson by his beard and dragged him around by it. Anderson pushed away from the table when his beard was pulled, flipped over a chair and punched Weyrick in the jaw, according to Long. Weyrick then returned the punch, hitting Anderson in the jaw, Long said.
Anderson and Weyrick then sat down and resumed the conversation and drinking as if nothing had happened, Long said. It was around dusk when Anderson allegedly left the room and returned with a rifle, according to Long.
“Randy got up, went to the bedroom and came back with the rifle. He pointed it at the window and then turned it toward Terry. Randy pulled the trigger but nothing happened; it just clicked,” Long said.
Long said he looked down for a second and heard a bang and then saw Weyrick’s head hit the table.
“I said, ‘What did you do?’ and Randy said, ‘I shot him. I killed him. I ought to shoot you, too,'” Long said. “He (Terry) was gasping for air but I couldn’t do nothing. I was afraid I’d get shot. There wasn’t nothing I could do.”
Long said he feared for his life so at Anderson’s direction he helped carry Weyrick’s body outside, poured bleach over the blood on the floor and mopped it up.
He said he helped Anderson put Weyrick’s body into Weyrick’s Jeep and when Anderson drove it out of sight, he grabbed his belongings and fled into the woods.
A rifle allegedly used to kill Weyrick was located in a weedy area at the edge of Anderson’s property based on information state troopers received from Anderson during questioning, according to the criminal complaint.
Anderson is being held without bond in Greene County jail.