Suspect in shooting of mother, wounding of father OKs extradition
A New Freeport teen accused of fatally shooting his mother and wounding his father signed an extradition waiver allowing him to be taken back to Pennsylvania Monday afternoon, two days after authorities arrested him in West Virginia.
Jarrod Noll, 18, was arrested by police in West Virginia Saturday afternoon after a caller spotted him in Hundred, W.Va, just over the border from Pennsylvania.
Wetzel County Circuit Court Judge C. Richard Wilson entered an order after Monday’s extradition hearing that the commonwealth of Pennsylvania has seven days to pick Noll up.
He was still listed as an inmate at the state’s Northern Regional Jail and Correctional Facility in Moundsville as of Monday afternoon.
Police had responded to the Nolls’ home on Garrison Ridge Road shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday. According to court documents, Jarrod Noll’s father, James Noll, 65, had called 911 after being shot in the back of his head.
State troopers arrived on scene to find Jarrod Noll’s mother, Mary Noll, 52, breathing but unresponsive on the ground with a gunshot wound to her face, according to the criminal complaint.
EMS administered aid to Mary Noll on scene. She was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va, where she was pronounced dead at 5:49 p.m.
James Noll told troopers he had been shot, although the bullet did not penetrate all the way through his skull, according to charging documents. He was also taken to Ruby in stable condition and later released.
Court documents from Jarrod Noll’s file gave no indication of any disputes he may have had with his parents.
Garrison resident Lisa Metz, whose late father’s house was directly above the Nolls’, said she and her father had encountered James Noll many times over the years; her father would sometimes take James Noll to get parts for James’ car. She said their relationship had been amiable, but described Noll as “reclusive.”
She had never seen Mary Noll or the younger children in person, or any evidence of toys or play equipment on the property, she said.
“Even though my dad’s house is right there, and I was a frequent visitor, he (James Noll) was the only one we ever saw outside,” she said. “I didn’t even know he had these two younger kids.”
Her only encounter with Jarrod Noll had been several years ago, when he and his older brother joined James Noll to drop off a Christmas card for her father that the two children had made.
Metz’s sister now stays in the house where her father had lived. After James Noll returned from the hospital, Metz said, she heard what she believed to be gunfire over the phone. Her sister told her she believed the sound was coming from Noll’s property.
Speaking to investigators, James Noll provided an account of what happened Friday afternoon.
According to the criminal complaint, James Noll said he had been inside the house with his two younger children when he heard what sounded like firecrackers outside.
Jarrod Noll came inside and told his father neighbors had been trespassing on the property, the criminal complaint said. His son was acting erratically and “seemed possessed,” appearing to drool out of his mouth, James Noll told police.
Jarrod Noll then tried to retrieve a rifle from his first-floor bedroom before his father stopped him, the complaint said.
At James Noll’s request, the two went outside to check for neighbors. As they were walking by a chicken coop behind the house, he heard a “loud popping sound” as Jarrod Noll fired a round into the back of his head, James Noll told police.
James Noll then ran inside and called 911. He saw Jarrod Noll run outside toward the front gate before losing sight of him, the complaint said.
Once his son was gone, James Noll went back outside to look for his wife, finding her behind the house next to a rabbit coop, he told police.
Jarrod Noll faces charges of criminal homicide and attempted homicide, both in the first degree.