HOPKINSVILLE POLICE SAY TWO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH A TUESDAY AFTERNOON SHOOTING.  PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER PAUL RAY SAYS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 1:30 IN AN APARTMENT IN THE 19-HUNDRED BLOCK OF HIGH STREET.  ARRESTED WERE 23-YEAR-OLD JACOVEN MCGREGOR AND 22-YEAR-OLD BENJAMIN MURRAY BOTH OF HOPKINSVILLE.  THEY WERE EACH CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT, FIRST DEGREE ROBBERY AND FIRST DEGREE WANTON ENDANGERMENT.

23-YEAR-OLD CHARLES THOMAS SUSTAINED A GUNSHOT WOUND TO THE LEG AND IS BEING TREATED AT JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER.  22-YEAR-OLD CHRIS THOMAS WAS NOT HURT IN THE INCIDENT.  INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE ROBBERY WAS A MOTIVE IN THE SHOOTING.

THE TRIAL AGAINST A REIDLAND MAN CHARGED WITH PLACING AN INFANT IN AN OVEN IN MARCH, 2010 IS NOT BEGINNING AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TODAY.  WEST KENTUCKY STAR.COM REPORTS LARRY CHRIS LONG ENTERED AN ALFORD PLEA TO FIRST DEGREE WANTON ENDANGERMENT AND MARIJUANA POSSESSION.  SENTENCING IN THE CASE IS SET FOR JUNE FIRST.

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN CONNECTION WITH A TUESDAY MORNING SHOOTING IN UNION COUNTY.  WEHT-TV EVANSVILLE REPORTS THE VICTIM HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 19-YEAR-OLD EDWARD F. PIPER THE THIRD OF MORGANFIELD.  PIPER WAS FOUND SHOT IN THE CHEST IN A CAR ON KENTUCKY 109.  PIPER IS BEING TREATED AT AN EVANSVILLE HOSPITAL.  ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING PIPER'S CLAIM HE WAS SHOT IN GALLATIN, COUNTY ILLINOIS.