The suspect in yesterday’s shooting in Fannett has been identified as 35-year-old Matthew Earl Smith of Hamshire. Smith was charged with murder and is being held on a $1 million bond in relation to the death of 51-year-old Cole Dupuy of Fannett, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.
A 36-year-old Orange man received two life sentences Wednesday, March 20, for the attempted capital murder of two police officers in Orange on March 29, 2011.
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