Aleppo man sentenced to prison in shooting death

WAYNESBURG – An Aleppo man will serve 14 to 28 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday in the June 26 shooting death of his brother-in-law, Terry Scott “Scooter” Weyrick, 42, of Cameron, W.Va.
Randy Flynn Anderson, 54, of 472 Morford Road, accepted a plea agreement offered by District Attorney Marjorie Fox that reduced the lead charge against him of criminal homicide to voluntary manslaughter. Weyrick’s parents, Daniel and Wilda Weyrick, along with his sister, Cathy Anderson, all agreed to the offer.
Anderson also pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a firearm, abuse of a corpse and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.
During the proceeding, Wilda Weyrick, spoke to Anderson, telling him he “took something I’ll never get back. My son is dead.”
Cathy Anderson said her brother was a “wonderful man” who was always there to help his family.
Prior to his sentencing, Anderson told President Judge Farley Toothman he had been drinking “all day” on the day of the shooting. Addressing Weyrick’s family members, Anderson said, “I don’t know why I went to get the gun. I can’t say why it happened. I’m sorry.”
At Anderson’s preliminary hearing in July, Herbert David Long, who was staying with Anderson, testified Weyrick grabbed Anderson’s beard and pulled it. Anderson pushed away from the table, flipped over a chair and the two men exchanged punches, Long said.
Both men sat back down and resumed drinking and talking as if nothing had happened, Long said. Around dusk, Anderson left the room and returned with a 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.
Looking away for a moment, Long said, he then heard a bang and 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 was nothing I could do.”
Long said he feared for his life so at Anderson’s direction he helped carry Weyrick’s body outside and assisted in cleaning up the blood. Long then helped Anderson put Weyrick’s body into Weyrick’s Jeep and Anderson drove away. At this point, Long said, he grabbed his belongings and fled into the woods.
Weyrick was found by members of his family inside his Jeep a couple hundred yards down the road from Anderson’s residence. Deputy Coroner Mary Lewis ruled the cause of death a single gunshot wound to the head.
Prior to leaving the courtroom, Anderson’s attorney, Angela Carsia, addressed the media.
“I think that it was a fair resolution. I think my client really felt badly for what happened here,” she said. “Terry Weyrick was his brother-in-law and his friend.”