Daniel Ray Jaco, a 49-year-old man from Clinton, Kentucky, was shot and killed on the morning of Friday, February 6, 2026. The shooting took place at a chicken barn on Kingston Road in the Water Valley area following a physical altercation between Jaco and 40-year-old Stanley K. Napier Jr. of Water Valley. Witnesses said Napier left after the initial fight and returned shortly afterward armed with a handgun; Jaco was found deceased inside the residence when deputies arrived around 8:15 a.m.

Sheriff’s detectives and Kentucky State Police conducted evidence collection and interviews at the scene, and an autopsy was scheduled for the next day. A Graves County Grand Jury returned an indictment on Tuesday, February 10, 2026, charging Stanley K. Napier Jr. with murder and first-degree wanton endangerment; he was taken into custody and held on bond set at $100,000 cash or $200,000 property.

If anyone witnessed the dispute at the Kingston Road chicken barn or has information about what happened that morning, please share what is known.