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Hopkinsville Police Release Shooting Details

By Jacque Day

Hopkinsville – Hopkinsville police have released details regarding a weekend shooting spree that left the alleged gunman and a female victim dead. Two other women remain hospitalized with gunshot wounds. Witnesses tell police 48-year-old Thomas Melton Black, Jr. approached a McPherson Avenue home late Friday and opened fire hitting three women. Sheila E. Woods died from her wounds. Later, according to police Black entered the home of his ex-wife, Tammy Carr, with a loaded 12-gauge shotgun. Jimmy Carr subdued Black, wrestled the gun away and placed him in a headlock. Police found Black unresponsive at the Carr's residence. Hopkinsville Police Department detective Jeff Woodall connected the Westwood events with the McPherson Avenue shooting five hours earlier. Hopkinsville police say, Carr likely won't face criminal charges for killing Black. Police investigators are working to link the two incidents.