A Christian County Grand Jury will hear the murder case against a woman accused of fatally shooting Anthony Johnson April 3 on College Street.
Hopkinsville Police Detective Randall Greene testified that the first arriving officers found 25-year old Kachelle Isbell of Hopkinsville kneeling over Johnson’s body with a gun on her person when they arrived and that she allegedly admitted to shooting him.
Isbell told police she and Johnson had been talking around a fire pit in front of 1504 College Street and the conversation became heated when Johnson expressed he’d be letting a woman who has cancer reside in his home. Isbell claims Johnson kept approaching her and made physical contact with her before she shot him.
Detective Greene says Isbell and a neighbor told police that at least three other people were outside and likely witnessed the incident, but those individuals claimed to be inside the home at the time.
Judge Foster Cotthoff determined there was probable cause that a crime had been committed to send her case to the grand jury for consideration.
The judge also denied request to reduce bond, telling attorney Doug Moore that while she may have a valid defense for allegedly pulling the trigger, he found that she is still a danger and kept her bond at $100,000.
Isbell is charged with murder in the case.