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Arrest made in Elizabethtown shooting that left 1 dead, 1 critically injured

Police say 20-year-old Anthony Witherspoon is charged with murder in connection to a double shooting that took place Friday evening.

ELIZABETHTOWN, Kentucky — A man has been taken into custody following a shooting that left one person dead and another injured.

Elizabethtown Police arrested 20-year-old Anthony Witherspoon and charged him with murder, assault and tampering with physical evidence.

Investigators responded to a home on Plum Creek Court around 6:30 p.m. Friday where they say the located two men with gunshot wounds.

One of the men, later identified as 24-year-old Darryl Cooper, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The other man was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Witherspoon was arrested around 11:50 p.m., according to police.

Police said Witherspoon is facing trafficking marijuana.

He is currently being held at the Hardin County Detention Center.

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