KSP Investigating Fatal Pike County Shooting

FREEBURN, KY. — KENTUCKY STATE POLICE AT THE PIKEVILLE POST ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING DURING THE WEEKEND IN PIKE COUNTY. TROOPERS RESPONDED TO A SHOTS FIRED COMPLAINT SATURDAY MORNING SHORTLY BEFORE 5:30 AM IN THE JOHNSON BOTTOM COMMUNITY OF FREEBURN. WHEN TROOPERS ARRIVED, THEY FOUND AN ALTERCATION HAD TAKEN PLACE AND GREG FIELDS HAD SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES AS THE RESULT OF A GUNSHOT WOUND. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AT THIS TIME AND THE CASE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PIKE COUNTY GRAND JURY FOR CONSIDERATION. DETECTIVE MICHAEL COLEMAN IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION.