W. Virginia officials did n't update a background check database in time , prosecutor says . Comment: Once updated , database stopped a second gun purchase by Tennis Melvin Maynard . Tennis Maynard , 37 , has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Sheriff Walter E. `` Eugene '' Crum and with attempted murder after he allegedly pointed a gun at a sheriff 's deputy who chased him . Maynard is accused of killing West Virginia Sheriff Walter E. `` Eugene '' Crum .
W. Virginia officials did n't update a background check database in time , prosecutor says . Comment: Once updated , database stopped a second gun purchase by Tennis Melvin Maynard . Maynard is accused of killing West Virginia Sheriff Walter E. `` Eugene '' Crum .