Kentucky State Police Investigate Deadly ShootingSCDN Graphics Department
Kentucky State Police was notified by the Breckinridge County Sheriff’s Office requesting assistance in investigating a shooting that had occurred at a residence near the 2000 block of Lonnie Haynes Road in Breckinridge Co.
Upon KSP troopers' arrival, they discovered Dennis Devers deceased outside the front of the residence.
The preliminary investigation revealed
- Devers and his wife, Amanda Devers, had been involved in a domestic argument that had escalated over some personal property at the residence.
- At some point during the argument, Amanda Devers shot her husband multiple times.
- Hw was pronounced deceased at the scene.
- Amanda Devers had a single gunshot wound after she accidentally shot herself in the foot.
- She was transported to Baptist Health Hardin for treatment and was later released.
- The victim's body was taken to the Kentucky Medical Examiner's Office in Louisville for an autopsy at a later date.
Amanda Devers was charged with murder and was lodged in the Breckinridge Co. Detention Center.
Kentucky State Police say the events remain under investigation.