On the evening of Friday, March 3, 2023, 19-year-old Lonnell Holloway of Madisonville was fatally shot in the 1700 block of Barnhill Road in Providence, Kentucky. Hopkins County Central Dispatch received a call shortly after 7:15 p.m.; deputies from the Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office found Holloway deceased from gunshot wounds. Witness statements at the scene reportedly contained discrepancies that prompted detectives to continue the investigation.

Authorities later identified 20-year-old Christopher Rideout of Providence as the person allegedly responsible for Holloway’s death. Rideout was arrested and charged with murder and lodged in the Hopkins County Jail. Lonnell, known as Nelly, was described as adventurous and joyful, with a passion for old-school cars, four-wheelers, dirt bikes and the outdoors, and close to his mother and friends.

Does anyone in the Providence or Madisonville area have information about Holloway’s last evening or the events on Barnhill Road?