MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The Virginia woman accused in a March 2022 shooting in Morgantown is expected to go to trial this week.
Tracey Hamby, 47, of Suffolk, Va., has been charged with second murder in the shooting of Matthew Vaughn, of Charleston, at the Vangilder Street apartment complex in a family dispute.
Vaughn was the father of Hamby’s grandchildren, who were the subject of a Child Protective Services investigation. The shooting occurred when Vaughn arrived at the apartment and demanded the children.
Hamby was a resident of Beckley before moving to Suffolk after many years. It is not known who lived at the Vangilder Street address or why Hamby made the trip to Morgantown.
The Morgantown Police Department conducted the investigation.