A Hopkinsville man has been arrested for the shooting death of a Fort Campbell soldier August 13 at a party on Kenny Stratton Road near Olmstead.
The Christian County Sheriff’s Office served 21-year old Jaquavon Poindexter of Hopkinsville with the warrant for murder taken out against him by Kentucky State Police. It alleges Poindexter was in a car with an adult and a minor at the party when he allegedly fired one shot from a gun and killed 20-year old Joshua Burks, who was a Fort Campbell soldier. The adult passenger in Poindexter’s car allegedly fired 11 more shots, with three hitting Burks’ car.
Weeks later, the juvenile who was in Poindexter’s car on the morning of the crime was in a vehicle stopped by Hopkinsville police on September 6. A gun near that minor was confiscated and it was a ballistics match to the shell casings recovered at the murder scene, according to the warrant.
Further investigation led to Poindexter being charged.