Police in Letcher County have made an arrest in a shooting incident last week at the Whitesburg Walmart.
According to The Mountain Eagle in Whitesburg, 32-year-old Larry Dean Baker, of Ermine, was arrested after he was released from the Hazard ARH psychiatric center. Baker is facing a felony charge of first-degree wanton endangerment and was lodged in the Letcher County Jail. He has since posted bond and has been released.
Whitesburg Police told EKB News following the incident that Baker approached another man’s vehicle in the Walmart parking lot, brandished a gun, and fired one shot. No one was injured in the incident.