Saturday, October 09, 2010
Letcher County Man Charged With Murder
KENTUCKY....
Kentucky State Police have arrested Samuel T. Collier, 32, of Jenkins, in Letcher County, and charged him with murder after a shooting Thursday night in Jenkins. Police say Mark Sturgill, a field maintenance engineer for KET, died at Whitesburg ARH Hospital after being shot in the head. Sturgill had been employed by KET in Lexington as a field maintenance engineer and climber since 1999. He maintained the WKHA-Hazard transmitter site and assisted at other KET tower sites.
Kentucky State Police have arrested Samuel T. Collier, 32, of Jenkins, in Letcher County, and charged him with murder after a shooting Thursday night in Jenkins. Police say Mark Sturgill, a field maintenance engineer for KET, died at Whitesburg ARH Hospital after being shot in the head. Sturgill had been employed by KET in Lexington as a field maintenance engineer and climber since 1999. He maintained the WKHA-Hazard transmitter site and assisted at other KET tower sites.
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