A Shepherdsville man has been charged with murder as part of a shooting investigation in Bullitt County.
According to the Kentucky State Police, the Pioneer Village Police Department contacted KSP Post Four at around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, requesting troopers investigate a fatal shooting that occurred at a residence on the 3,000 block of Pioneer Trail.
The investigation by KSP detectives indicates that 33-year-old Aaron Welker of Shepherdsville sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head. Detectives interviewed Kent Russell of Shepherdsville, who was on the scene when officers arrived, and he was later charged with Murder.
The Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office transported Welker’s body to the Kentucky Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville for an autopsy. Russell was lodged in the Bullitt County Detention Center.
