By Carl Keith Greene / Staff Writer
The shooting Tuesday that sent Paul David Vaughn, 44, to the University of Kentucky Medical Center with gunshot wounds in the torso and leg will be brought before the Laurel grand jury.
Sheriff’s Detective Charlie Loomis, who is investigating the alleged shooting by Paul Vaughn’s ex-wife and another woman, said Wednesday the incident is still under investigation.
Loomis said if he accumulates evidence of a crime, he will charge Connie Vaughn and/or Cathy Burke who allegedly shot Paul Vaughn at Connie Vaughn’s home on Vaughn Ridge Road west of London.
“When I see strong evidence that it was not self-defense, I will file charges immediately,” he said.
He added that even if he does not charge the women, he will take the case to the grand jury for its consideration.
The grand jury meets on Feb. 15 and returns indictments on Feb. 19.
Loomis had just visited Paul Vaughn in Lexington and described him as in stable but serious condition and was not able to tell him much about the shooting.
Paul Vaughn was shot twice in the torso and once in a leg by a .38-cal. handgun and a .380-cal. automatic handgun, Loomis said.
The incident began at about 2 p.m. Tuesday when Paul Vaughn, reportedly defying a protective order filed by Connie Vaughn, showed up at her home.
Loomis said he was told that Paul Vaughn entered the home with a lug wrench and swung it at his ex-wife several times, threatening her, Cathy and Jason Burke.
A fight reportedly ensued inside the home and eventually wound up outside, but apparently not before a shot, reportedly by one of the women, had been fired into the floor.
Three children were also inside the home and Jason Burke reportedly took them to the basement for safety when the fight began.
Warning shots were apparently fired before Vaughn was shot, police said.
It was not the first time Paul Vaughn had violated the protective order, said Connie Vaughn’s mother, Martha Jones, 62.
The Vaughns had been divorced for about six months after a 28-year marriage, she told the Times-Tribune.
Jones, who had come to the home following the fight, said the marriage had been rocky all that time, with alleged domestic abuse by Paul Vaughn.
Even since the divorce, Paul Vaughn had violated the protective order and threatened his ex-wife several times, Jones said.
Loomis said Connie Vaughn and Cathy Burke are cooperating in the investigation.
He added he has interviewed several witnesses including two women who had been seen inside Paul Vaughn’s truck during the incident.
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