Lexington homicide suspect shot ‘off guard’ in residence, police say

A Mississippi man accused of killing a 22-year-old Lexington man informed police he was “frightened” and “off guard” because the sufferer broke into an residence, prompting him to shoot.

Bobby Hubbard23, charged with homicide within the dying Dorrick Harris, 22, Sept. within the taking pictures on the Culvin Flats on West Sixth Avenue.

At a preliminary listening to Wednesday, Det. Steven Hudak, a Lexington police murder detective, stated Hubbard informed investigators he shot Harris as a result of he was “shocked” when he entered the residence.

In keeping with courtroom testimony, Hubbard informed police he arrived on the Culvin Flats on Sept. 12, 2022, to satisfy and choose up a lady who arrived in her automotive. Earlier than Hubbard arrived on the residence, the lady informed him that her boyfriend had tried to shoot her a number of hours earlier and requested Hubbard to return get her.

Hours earlier than Hubbard was implicated, Hudak stated police acquired a name on the identical residence advanced. On the scene, officers discovered shell casings and a damaged cellular phone. Nevertheless, cops have been unable to search out anybody concerned within the incident to talk to.

When Hubbard arrived to select up the lady, she requested if her boyfriend was contained in the residence however she did not know, based on police testimony. When Hubbard went contained in the residence, he informed police that Harris’ presence “scared him.” He pulled a gun from his waistband and shot Harris as soon as within the chest.

In keeping with police, they have been referred to as again to the scene the place they discovered Harris screaming for assist after he had been shot. Harris was taken to the College of Kentucky Hospital the place he later died from his accidents.

Police communicate to witnesses, gather and assessment proof Security footage, which Hubbard showed arrived on the scene shortly earlier than the taking pictures and left shortly after, Hudak stated.

Three weeks after the taking pictures, Hubbard was present in northern Kentucky with a handgun that matched a shell casing discovered on the scene, based on courtroom paperwork.

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Hubbard was arrested on January 21, 2023, by the Hattiesburg Police Division in Mississippi on an excellent warrant. In keeping with Hudak’s testimony, Hubbard was distraught and emotional in the course of the police interview.

Hudak testified that he and different officers tried to contact the lady and her household dozens of instances to arrange an interview. When police lastly reached the lady, they stated she didn’t comply and sought her rights to an lawyer.

Fayette District Choose Bruce Bell stated there was possible trigger to ship Hubbard’s case to a Fayette County grand jury and declined to cut back his bond, which is at present set at $750,000.