A domestic argument in Vine Grove, Meade County, Kentucky, on January 14, 2024, ended with the death of 59-year-old Richard Peter Hernandez. The shooting took place inside a home on Mountain Lane; Hernandez, who lived in Irvington, was found at the scene and pronounced dead by the Meade County Coroner’s Office.

51-year-old David Gex called Kentucky State Police that night and said he had shot Hernandez during an argument. Officers took Gex into custody at the residence without resistance and he was booked into the Meade County Detention Center on a murder charge. The case went to a jury trial, where Gex maintained the shooting occurred after the argument and was ultimately acquitted.

What details from that evening or the neighborhood might help clarify how the confrontation began and unfolded?