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U.S. Marshals offer reward for escaped prisoner wanted for Star City attempted murder

WHEELING - The U.S. Marshals Service and West Virginia State Police are searching for 18-year-old man wanted for attempted murder.

Xander Ball, charged with attempted murder, escaped a detention center located in Wheeling, West Virginia on October 10, 2026. Ball was allegedly involved in a shooting and critically injuring a person in Star City in July. Ball is 5 feet, 8 inches tall, has brown hair and grey eyes and weighs 135 pounds. Ball was last seen wearing a black hoodie and black pants.

The U.S. Marshals Mountain State Fugitive Task Force is offering a $3,500 reward for information leading to Ball's arrest. The U.S. Marshals Service believes Ball remains at large in the Morgantown/Clarksburg area.

Anyone with information is asked to call the U.S. Marshals Service at 304-350-6700, email usmstips@usdoj.gov or contact the U.S. Marshals Service 24-hour tip line at 1-877-WANTED2 (926-8332). Tips can also be submitted through the U.S. Marshals website: https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/fugitive-investigations/submitting-a-tip. Tipsters can remain anonymous.

The U.S. Marshals-led Mountain State Fugitive Task Force is committed to assisting West Virginia's state and local departments to track down dangerous fugitives who attempt to avoid their charges by fleeing the state.

For more information about the U.S. Marshals Service visit http://www.usmarshals.gov.