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The suspect in a January shooting on Wheeling Island is now wanted for murder after the victim died Thursday evening.
The Wheeling Police Department is now looking for 19-year-old Niyajah A. Hales for the murder of Michael J. Jackson, 41, of Wheeling. Jackson, who was shot on Jan. 28 at the VooDoo Lounge on Wheeling Island. Jackson died Thursday evening in Morgantown’s Ruby Memorial Hospital, WPD said.
Hales is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 160 pounds. He originally is from New York. WPD said Hales should be considered armed and dangerous.
The department said anyone with information on Hales’ whereabouts should call police at 304-234-3664, submit a crime tip at wheelingwv.gov/crimetip or call the new Crime Stoppers Upper Ohio Valley tip line at 877-TIPS4US.