A Breckinridge County man is dead and a Hardin County man is in jail charged with murder following a shooting in Meade County Sunday.
The Kentucky State Police says troopers from KSP Post 4 received a call a little after 10 p.m. on January 14 from Meade County Dispatch requesting assistance in investigating a shooting that had occurred at a residence on Mountain Lane.
The KSP says the preliminary investigation revealed David Gex of Vine Grove called 911 and said he had shot 59-year-old Richard Hernandez of Irvington after they had gotten into a verbal altercation. Gex was taken into custody without incident after troopers and detectives arrived on scene. Hernandez was pronounced dead at the scene by the Meade County Coroner’s Office.
Gex was charged with Murder and lodged in the Meade County Detention Center. The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
(Photo Credit: Meade County Detention Center)
