1 arrested after drive-by shooting leaves 4 injured outside Hopkinsville health department

Colleen Guerry
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HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (WKRN) — A drive-by shooting outside the parking lot of a health department in Kentucky left four people — including three juveniles — injured Sunday evening, police said.

Shortly after 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, the Hopkinsville Police Department announced officers had responded to the area of the Christian County Health Department, located in the 1700 block of Canton Street, for a “shooting with multiple victims.”

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During the investigation, officials determined that 23-year-old Stephen Bussell, of Hopkinsville, was driving eastbound on W 17th Street when he shot outside his moving vehicle toward a crowd of people.

According to the Hopkinsville Police Department, three juveniles and one adult were struck by the gunfire.

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Two juveniles and one adult were taken to Jennie Stuart Medical Center, and one juvenile was driven by ambulance to a Nashville hospital, officials said. However, there is no word on the victims’ ages or the nature of injuries they sustained.

Bussell was arrested and charged with four counts of first-degree assault, seven counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, and one count of tampering with physical evidence.

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Authorities reported more arrests are pending as an investigation into the incident remains ongoing.

If you have any information about the shooting, you are asked to call the Hopkinsville-Christian County Emergency Communications Center at 270-890-1300.

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