On September 9, 2022, Myrtle Renee Dorton-Pack, 36, was fatally shot at her home on Depot Street in Paintsville, Kentucky. The shooting also killed her aunt, Paula Wells, and her husband’s uncle, Richard Morman. All three victims died at the scene.

Police identified the assailant as Renee’s husband, 21-year-old Ronnie R. Pack. About 90 minutes after the killings he was located in the nearby Greentown area, exchanged gunfire with officers and was wounded. After treatment at a local hospital he was taken into custody and charged with three counts of murder and one count of first-degree wanton endangerment.

Family described Renee as a single mother who believed she had finally found a good person in her new husband; the motive has not been disclosed. If anyone knew Renee, Paula Wells, Richard Morman or has information about what happened that day, please come forward.