A Hopkinsville man is charged with attempted murder in connection with the shooting incident from early Saturday morning in Guthrie.
An arrest warrant from Guthrie police for 19-year old Zaelin Fox of Hopkinsville says a group of people had been hanging out together at a home in the Green Acres Subdivision when Fox and Jerry Britt arrived at the residence in a gray Mitsubishi.
Another man identified as Javon Byars arrived at the home and got into a fight with Britt, according to the warrant, which says that’s when Fox got out of the Mitsubishi and shot in Byars’ direction, striking him in the hip.
Fox and Britt fled the scene in their car and police say Byars stood back up and slapped the mother of his child and punched an off-duty sheriff’s deputy who heard the commotion and came outside.
Byars then went by private vehicle to Tennova Health and was later transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Fox was served with the warrant Monday by Hopkinsville police and is charged with four counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, in addition to attempted murder.
The incident remains under investigation by the Guthrie Police Department. Hopkinsville police, Elkton police and the Todd County Sheriff’s Office have assisted in the investigation.