On the evening of August 11, 2018, 52-year-old Kelly D. Clanahan, a white female, was fatally shot inside a residence about three and a half miles north of Bardwell, Kentucky. An autopsy confirmed death by gunshot wound. A 42-year-old man, Harold Doug Compton of Grand Rivers, Kentucky, was also shot and critically injured; he was airlifted to Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, Indiana, and later stabilized.

The shooting occurred at the home of 30-year-old Matthew K. Turnbow. Kentucky State Police reported an altercation inside Turnbow’s residence that culminated in him firing a shotgun and striking both Clanahan and Compton. Turnbow was arrested and lodged in the Ballard County Jail; at the time he faced charges for possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia and was served with an outstanding arrest warrant for violating a Kentucky Emergency Protective Order/Domestic Violence Order. A Kentucky State Police detective led the investigation, which was expected to be presented to a grand jury after its conclusion.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about the events at Turnbow’s residence on August 11, 2018?