A man has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of another man in Nelson County.
Nelson County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to a home on Louisville Road around 4:10 p.m. Wednesday about the shooting. They found the victim, 28 year-old Richard Blake Martin of Bardstown, dead in the carport.
The caller was able to give deputies information about the suspect and a possible location. That information led deputies to an address on Abby Ridge Road where they found the suspect’s vehicle.
The suspect, 32 year-old John Thomas Wimsett of Bardstown, came out of the house peacefully and surrendered without incident. Wimsett was booked into the Nelson County Jail and is being held on a $1 million cash bond. He is scheduled to be arraigned on December 1.
Investigators have not said what led to the shooting.
Source: WAVE
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