Suspect in North Third St. shooting incident apprehended by Louisville police
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STAFF REPORT
Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 11:30 p.m. — The suspect police sought in connection with a shooting that happened in Bardstown Tuesday afternoon has been apprehended.
DARNELL MAURICE MCGEE
Bardstown Police say that Darnell Maurice McGee, 28, of Louisville, was arrested in Louisville by Louisville Metro Police.
The arrest comes after Bardstown Police identified McGee as a suspect in a shooting incident that took place Tuesday afternoon near Hardee’s restaurant in the 700 block of North Third Street. That incident left a man with a gunshot wound to the thigh. Multiple witnesses reported seeing a man matching McGee’s description fleeing the scene on foot.
Tuesday night, police had an arrest warrant for McGee, charging him with attempted murder, wanton endangerment, second-degree criminal mischief and three counts of discharging a firearm in the city limits.
In addition to shooting and injuring the victim, McGee is also believed to have been responsible for a bullet that shot through one of the front windows of Fisher Auto Parts located across the street from Hardee’s.
In a social media post late Wednesday night, Bardstown Police Chief Rick McCubbin praised the work of this detectives in their efforts to identify the alleged gunman.
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