Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Body Of Shooter Found In Cemetary


"PINEVILLE, KY — A man and his two adult children were shot in Bell County Tuesday in what authorities say was a murder/suicide. The suspected gunman, a former Knox County, Ky. judge-executive, was found with a fatal gunshot wound in a Knox County cemetery.

"Kentucky State Police investigators say three victims with gunshot wounds were discovered at 9:42 a.m. in a home on Laurel Lakes Road near Pineville.

"Two men were found dead at the scene, Michael Smith, 50, and his son, Mychael Dustin Smith, 21.

"Robin Smith, 21, a daughter of the elder Smith, was wounded. Troopers say she was alert and speaking when she was airlifted to University of Tennessee Medical Center.

"A short time later Raymond Curtis Smith, 51, was found with a gunshot wound at his father's grave in Hammond Cemetery in Knox County, Ky. He died a short time later in a hospital of what troopers say appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

"Raymond Smith was the judge-executive for Knox County from 2003 to 2007.

"Authorities say the gunman is not related to the three victims.

"Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the shootings."


From WATE.com...

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