Paula Louise Wells, 56, of Paintsville, Kentucky, was shot to death at her home on Depot Road on Friday, September 9, 2022. Authorities found three people with fatal gunshot wounds that morning; Paula Wells, 56-year-old Richard Morman, and 36-year-old Myrtle Pack were pronounced dead at the scene by the Johnson County Coroner’s Office.

Investigators identified one suspect, 21-year-old Ronnie Pack, who was the husband of Myrtle Pack and the nephew of Richard Morman; Paula Wells was Myrtle’s aunt. After the shooting Pack fled, triggering a multi-agency manhunt and temporary lockdowns of the Paintsville Independent and Johnson County school districts. He was found about 90 minutes later; during an attempt to take him into custody an exchange of gunfire occurred and a Kentucky State Police trooper shot Pack in the arm. Pack was treated at a hospital, released, and arrested. He was indicted in October 2022 on three counts of murder and one count of first-degree wanton endangerment.

Paula was a mother and grandmother, born in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and is survived by a son, her father, siblings, and two grandchildren; she was preceded in death by a son and a daughter. Did anyone in the community know Paula or have information about the events that morning?