UPDATE: two arrests made in connection with Gray shooting, State Police seeking public’s help in search for Gray shooter
UPDATE: Two Corbin residents have been arrested in connection with a shooting Saturday in Gray, but as of Monday, no murder charges have been filed.
Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs, public affairs officer at Post 10 in Harlan, said police arrested 33-year-old Lawrence Collinsworth and 33-year-old Jennifer Folgman on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.
Collinsworth and Folgman each pleaded not-guilty to the charge Monday in Knox District Court.
Judge John Chappel ordered Collinsworth to be held without bond in the Knox County Detention Center. Folgman’s bond is set at $5,000.
Jacobs said the investigation is continuing and more arrests are possibly pending
Kentucky State Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Gray that happened Saturday morning, and are seeking the public’s help for information in the case.
Trooper Shane Jacobs, Public Affairs Officer at Post 10 in Harlan, said state police were called to the right fork of East Creek Road about 12:45 a.m. Saturday where Knox EMS personnel were treating a male subject that had been found shot and was lying in the roadway.
The victim, identified as James Stanley Havens, Jr., 26, was taken by ambulance to Baptist Health Corbin where he was pronounced dead.
Whitley County Coroner Andy Croley said Havens died from a single gunshot wound.
“All of the particulars are pending further investigation,” Croley said when asked in what part of the body Havens was shot and what type of weapon was used.
The body has been sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Frankfort for an autopsy.
Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to contact the state police in Harlan at (606) 573-3131, or toll-free at 1-800-222-5555.
You can also anonymously send information using the Kentucky State Police application available for smartphone and tablets. The application is titled ‘KSPOLICE’ and is available for free download in the apps stores for iPhone, iPad and Android phone users.
Callers may remain anonymous.
Detective Joshua Cox is continuing the investigation.