Christina McKibben

Deadly force

Police said John Richard Mayhew, 35, shot and killed his former wife and her fiance in Columbus on August 7, then took his daughter, Christina McKibben, hostage. Greenbrier County deputy Nathan Hershman pulled Mayhew over about 8 p.m. two days later for not displaying a motor other inspection sticker, police said. Mayhew allegedly shot Hershman in the left arm with a .25 caliber handgun. Police said Hershman returned fire as Mayhew sped away and chased him while requesting backup. Mayhew reportedly tried to carjack another other, hit a state police cruiser and sped past a barricade before police disabled his other in Lewisburg. Police said they believed Mayhew shot McKibben and himself as officers, with guns drawn, yelled for him to exit the car. "We couldn't hear the gunshots because a lot of stuff was going on," state police Sgt. Jay Powers said. "We believe the time he shot his daughter was the time we had him stopped." Police said they felt certain none of the shots fired by officers had struck McKibben. McKibben died en route to the hospital. Mayhew survived.