A man has been charged in connection with a shooting from Tuesday morning on East Third Street that injured two people.
Hopkinsville Police Detectives Sgt. Todd DeArmond says 67-year old Herbert Wharton of Cadiz is charged with two counts of first-degree assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Wharton allegedly shot 53-year old Ronald Young in the hand and 65-year old Kathy Jackson in the leg with a rifle during an incident on a lot between East Third and Fourth about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Young walked to a Liberty Street location to seek help and Jackson remained at the scene.
An arrest citation says Wharton and Young had been in a fight earlier in the morning and that Wharton returned to that location with the rifle.
The victims were taken by EMS to Air Evac helicopters and then flown to Skyline Medical Center in Nashville, according to the report.
Wharton was taken to Jennie Stuart for treatment of injuries sustained in the prior fight and he was eventually transferred to a different hospital.
