Fatal Shooting Investigation in Lawrenceburg

ON 1-16-2023 LAWRENCEBURG POLICE OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO VETERANS PARK IN LAWRENCEBURG IN REFERENCE TO A SHOOTING. UPON ARRIVAL OFFICERS DISCOVERED A MALE SUBJECT WHO WAS DECEASED FROM AN APPARENT GUNSHOT WOUND. LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DETECTIVES WERE SUMMONED TO THE SCENE AND AN OFFENDER WAS QUICKLY IDENTIFIED. THE OFFENDER WAS DETAINED BY THE LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AT A RESIDENCE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.

THE OFFENDER WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH 1^ST DEGREE MURDER BY THE LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD AT THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL ON $500,000 BOND. THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM INCIDENT OF VIOLENCE AND THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. DUE TO THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION DETAILS WILL BE RELEASED AT A LATER DATE.

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