Hopkinsville Police arrest East First Street shooting suspect

Hopkinsville Police arrested murder suspect Tavarious Mathews on Wednesday for his connection to the fatal shooting of Jacorey Majors. 

As previously reported, officers responded to the area of East First Street and North Virginia Street on November 10 for reports of a shooting and arrived to find the 27-year-old Majors with a gunshot wound. After being treated on scene by officers and EMS, Majors was transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center, where he was pronounced deceased. 

Mathews was originally being sought as a person of interest, but was later determined to be a suspect in the case.