In the early morning, approximately 2:00 AM on 2.27.21 someone, presumably Norman Gayle Cummings Jr shot through our fence in the general direction of our house. The Sheriffs department was called and two deputies showed up. The deputies investigation consisted of a brief look around to see where the shot might have hit. Secondly by knocking on the Cummings door and inquiring politely if he had made the shot. To be fair to the deputies it was quite dark and would have been difficult to see the evidence. I do however believe that they should have taken the shooting more seriously considering the threats (see here) against Steve Marshalls life that Norman Cummings had made recently to two separate deputies. Deputies Brian Hubbard his landlord and Ronald “Ronnie” Williams.
The following morning a neighbor stopped over to inquire about the incident and in short order she had located clear evidence of the shooting. Owing to the privacy screening installed on the fence it was clear that this was a shotgun blast and that the general direction of the shot was toward our house. The Neighbor also located actual shot pellets stuck in the fabric of the privacy screening. The pellets had lost velocity at the extreme end of the shot pattern and had left behind that physical evidence.
Again the sheriffs department was called and Deputy Faith Hubbard responded.
In the video Mrs. Hubbard (no relation to Deputy Brian Hubbard) was shown the very obvious blast holes and shot pattern. She can also be seen taking pictures and then removing the pellets from the fence. When she had removed every pellet that could be found she indicated that she was going to get an evidence bag. If you watch her hand as she returns to her car you can see her sprinkle pellets out of her hand onto the ground. This can be seen twice. the first time is in the grass before she reaches the fence line to exit the back yard and one more time when she approaches the rear of her car. If you continue to watch the hand that she held the evidence in it is clear she did not preserve any of the evidence.
As you continue watching the video you can see where Deputy Faith Hubbard goes next door to Deputy Brian Hubbard’s Rental property and discusses the situation with the shooting suspect, Brian Hubbard’s tenant Norman Cummings Jr.
After the discussion with neighbor Mrs. Hubbard backs onto the right of way road and gets on her cellphone for a discussion with an unknown party. We believe this to include communication with Commonwealth attorney Stephanie Brinegar-Vipperman. Deputy Williams had on July 1st indicated that Mrs. Vipperman had forbade him from taking any evidence offered in the Marshall dognapping allegation case. She effectively forbade him from investigating at all. It would follow that Vipperman ordered the coverup for this shooting.
Following her phone conversation Mrs. Hubbard returned to the Marshall property and immediately after turning off her body camera stated that she did not know what that was but it wasn’t a shooting and that there were three sides to every story.