A third person has been charged Thursday in connection to a man that was found dead after a shooting on Jones Street near the intersection of Sharpe Street on October 26th.
Hopkinsville Police say 25-year-old Cortez Hairston Jr. of Hopkinsville shot 23-year-old Adrian Acree multiple times in the middle of the road and fled the area before police arrived.
Police say they were called around 1 am on October 26th for a report of a man that had been assaulted and located Acree’s body in the roadway.
24-year-old Jaila Sherrod and 23-year-old Dekorian Daniel both of Hopkinsville were arrested on April 5th in connection to the murder, which they reportedly helped plan. Sherrod and Daniel were both charged with complicity to murder.
Hairston turned himself in Thursday and is charged with murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
