Thursday, November 19, 2009
Whitesburg Man Shot In The Head
Kentucky State Police report they received a call shortly after 11:00 P.M. Tuesday night related to a shooting on Susan Cook Drive in Whitesburg. Paul Richard Fields was airlifted to Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport in critical condition after being shot in the head by a small-caliber rifle. James Edward Nichols was lodged in the Letcher County Jail on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree burglary, three counts of wanton endangerment and being a felon in possession of a handgun.