Published on March 12, 2021

Wheeling Police announced Friday that the victim in the January 28 shooting at the VooDoo Lounge on Wheeling Island has died.

Michael J. Jackson, 41 of Wheeling died at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Thursday evening.

Wheeling police detectives have now charged Niyajah A. Hales, 19 of New York with murder. Hales should be considered armed and dangerous.

Should the public have any information on Hales whereabouts, they are strongly urged to 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.