Cole Garrett Harlan was 19 and a student at Western Kentucky University when he was mortally wounded on Sunday, February 1, 2015. On that afternoon, just before 4 p.m., emergency services were notified that a man with a gunshot wound was being taken to Monroe County Medical Center; that man was identified as Cole Harlan. His injuries were severe enough to require transfer toward Vanderbilt University Medical Center, but the ambulance diverted to Macon County General Hospital in Lafayette, Tennessee, where he was pronounced dead.

Kentucky State Police investigated the death and stated that no foul play was suspected. An autopsy was scheduled to be performed in Tennessee to determine the official cause of death. The community and his family were left to grieve the sudden loss of a young man who was active at the Tompkinsville Church of Christ.

Did anyone in Tompkinsville at the time hear about or see anything related to Cole’s transport that afternoon?