Pictured is a memorial for Koda Jarrett at Winfield Middle School. Koda was an eighth-grade student at Winfield Middle School and a member of the WMS Band.

The past few weeks have been a tragic time for the students and staff of Winfield Middle School. Koda Jarrett, an eighth grader at the school, and his mother, Brooke Carnefix, were shot and killed at their home in St. Albans on February 7. Markus Guy, 31, of Charleston, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The community is reeling from the news of this tragedy, which is the subject of an ongoing police investigation.