A Hopkinsville man is back in custody after he did not appear before Christian County Circuit Court Judge John Atkins Monday morning.
Brian Ellis, who claimed he has COVID-19, was scheduled to appear in court to prove his positive test result. Judge Atkins issued the warrant for failure to appear.
Rick Sanborn, attorney for Ellis, asked Commonwealth Attorney Rick Boling if he would be seeking the hammer clause in the case. Boling said he has to look at it.
Ellis is charged with two counts of attempted murder, six counts of first-degree wanton endangerment, and multiple drug charges. Those charges stemmed from September 1st when Christian County sheriff’s deputies were called to the 2900 block of Dawson Springs Road for a report of shots fired and found a home had been hit twice. Shortly thereafter, they were called to the 10,000 block of Hart Road for a car that had been hit in a second shooting. Deputies said they determined Ellis was involved in both shootings, and he was located and arrested on Wallace Avenue in Hopkinsville.
Ellis is also charged with first-degree wanton endangerment of a police officer, first-degree fleeing from police in a motor vehicle, and failure to yield in a separate case.
