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Posted on 03/22/2026 7:07:09 PM PDT by aquila48
MONTROSE, W.Va. — Two West Virginia men face felony charges after authorities said one of them shot his younger brother multiple times at a home in Randolph County on Feb. 12, and the other helped restrain the wounded man as he tried to get away.
Investigators say the shooting began inside a home on Mule Hollow Road in Montrose at about 9:15 p.m. and left Brett Lee Arbogast, 31, with gunshot wounds to the head, arm and hand. Derek Justin Arbogast, 36, is charged with first-degree attempted murder. Larry Brian Talkington, 63, is charged as a principal in second-degree attempted murder or accessory before the fact. Both men were jailed on $150,000 cash-only bonds, and a magistrate later found probable cause to send the case on for grand jury review.
According to the criminal complaint and later court testimony, Brett Arbogast had just returned to the house he shared with his brother, their sister, his girlfriend and Talkington when the encounter turned violent. Brett Arbogast testified that he handed Derek Arbogast a bag of items, watched him pass it to Talkington, and then noticed what he described as a hard stare. When Brett Arbogast asked what was wrong, he said his brother replied, “You know what,” pulled a .22 caliber revolver from his pocket and fired. Brett Arbogast told the court the first shot hit him between the eyes. He said a second shot also struck his head, and a struggle began as he tried to wrestle away the gun. During that fight, he said, he was shot again in the right hand.
Troopers said Brett Arbogast tried to flee the house after the first rounds were fired, but prosecutors allege Talkington grabbed him and tried to pull him back inside. Early news reports, based on the state police account, said Talkington restrained the wounded man and dragged him back into the residence to stop him from leaving. At a later preliminary hearing, Brett Arbogast testified that Talkington did try to pull him back with both hands but did not fully succeed in dragging him inside. He said he managed to break free and get out the door. After he fell outside, Brett Arbogast testified, Derek Arbogast followed and fired two more shots, one striking his upper left arm and another the back of his head. A cousin then drove Brett Arbogast to meet an ambulance. He was flown to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown for treatment. Reports at the time said he survived and was recovering, though no detailed medical update was released in the court accounts.
Investigators described a fast-moving response on a dark rural road. Trooper H.J. Bonetti wrote that emergency dispatchers sent state police, sheriff’s deputies and Elkins police to the Mule Hollow Road home after a 911 report of shots fired. While heading to the scene, Bonetti encountered a man walking along the roadway. The man raised his hands, dropped to his knees and identified himself as Derek Arbogast, according to the complaint. Bonetti arrested him and reported seeing blood on his face and arms. The complaint says Derek Arbogast told the trooper he “just wanted everything to be over with.” Later, during processing at the Elkins detachment, investigators said Derek Arbogast asked whether his brother was OK. After a trooper answered that Brett had been shot five times, Derek Arbogast allegedly replied, “I thought one would do it. I know it was .22, but being that close I thought one would do it.”
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Uh...Could be a factor...
Missing link
Well I guess that answers the question of whether a .22 handgun is a slam dunk good personal defense weapon.
Drugs, alcohol, stupidity, and human depravity at work? Let’s not forget Satanic contributions.
Is that the shooter, holder, or shootie?
I think that’s the shooter .... Scary looking , a real bonehead...
I could understand it it it was a .25, but I would have thought 5 shots with a .22 could have gotten the job done.
What was in the’bag of items’?
drug short?
West Virginia gonna West Virginia.
first shot hit him between the eyes
True, but in self defense situation....maybe difficult to get THAT close...I have heard that shot placement is very important...maybe a small .223 remington hand gun...or a .22 mag...might be a decent option. Or a .32 mag, or even a .25 mag..
The news reports on other sites seem to use that pic to depict the shooter, but the blood on the side of nose would make it seem as if he was the victim.
You can never be too sure I say...
Johnny knows how it gets done right the first time. You betcha.
https://youtu.be/-nHNHIDduH4?si=-A8btwjGgt3SxXml
Hoo Boy, welcome the Land of the Inbreds.
So would a CCI Mini Mag .22 LR.
Once I saw the picture……CUE THE DUELING BANGOS!🤪
Maybe they are twins. Maybe the news reporters are having a time figuring out which one did the shooting and which one was shot.
There’s that ‘hard stare’
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