A Christmas night gathering in Paducah, Kentucky, ended in homicide when 50-year-old Bobby Tabor died after a violent altercation at an office building in the 900 block of North H.C. Mathis Drive on December 25, 2022. Paducah police were called about 6:46 p.m.; officers found signs of a significant physical struggle. Both Tabor and 43-year-old John Sommerfield were injured and reportedly intoxicated. Two teenagers present were also reportedly intoxicated.

Emergency crews took Tabor and Sommerfield to Baptist Health Paducah, and Tabor was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. Sommerfield was treated for his injuries, questioned by detectives, then arrested and charged with murder and with two counts of unlawful transaction with a minor for allegedly supplying alcohol to the teenagers. An autopsy was scheduled at the state Medical Examiner’s Office in Louisville to determine the official cause of death.

If anyone witnessed the altercation or has information about the events that evening, please share what is known.