A Florida man was arrested for murder Saturday following assaulting a couple in a Kentucky hotel parking lot. and then fatally shooting an employee, according to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office.
In addition to first degree murder, Robert Pannell55, was also charged with assault, wanton endangerment, disorderly conduct, threats and resisting arrest, according to Fox News.
Law enforcement officers were called to a Best Western hotel in southwestern Kentucky regarding an active shooter at around 9:48 a.m. Saturday morning.
A Paducah police officer located Pannell in the parking lot and took him into custody, while a deputy sheriff began searching the hotel and located the employee on the first floor with multiple gunshot wounds to the head and body.