Danny Ray Mullins, 42, was shot and killed the evening of Wednesday, February 27, 2019, in the rural Big Willard area just outside Hazard, Kentucky. According to Kentucky State Police, Mullins and another man were inside a vehicle when an altercation escalated and the other man allegedly produced a firearm and shot Mullins. The single gunshot wound proved fatal.

Mullins was taken to Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center, where staff pronounced him dead; the Perry County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. Kentucky State Police investigators from Post 13 located and arrested 38-year-old Mark Aaron Napier without incident; Napier was charged with murder and lodged in the Kentucky River Regional Jail pending further proceedings.

What information do readers in the Hazard area have about the events that night or the people involved?