A Breckinridge County man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a teenage girl in Elizabethtown where a 15-year-old girl was charged with murder.
The Elizabethtown Police Department responded Sunday morning at approximately 2:30 to the report of a shooting in the Lowe’s parking lot at 100 Lowe’s Drive, near the intersection of Ring Road and Dixie Hwy (Hwy 31-W).
Upon arriving at the scene, officers made contact with 21-year-old Bryan P. Harbison, of McDaniels, who was performing CPR on a 15-year-old female who had been shot in the chest, according to the Elizabethtown Police Department.
A second 15-year-old girl was also at the scene.
The victim was transported to Baptist Health Hardin where she was pronounced deceased.
During the investigation, Harbison told officers he met the juveniles on Snapchat and believed the victim to be 18-years-old.
Before picking up the girls, Harbison purchased alcohol. The three then went to the Lowe’s parking lot to hang out and drink, according to the Elizabethtown PD. At the time of the shooting, police said Harbison and the victim were in the back seat of his truck, while the other female juvenile was in the driver’s seat.
The second female juvenile told police that she “picked up a handgun from inside the vehicle, pointed it at the victim, and pulled the trigger,” striking the victim in the chest, police said.
“The juvenile suspect and Harbison provided different accounts of how the suspect came into possession of the firearm. The juvenile stated that Harbison had placed the firearm on the center console and told her it was unloaded. Harbison advised the firearm had been secured in his glove compartment and that the suspect removed it without his knowledge,” EPD said in a press release.
The juvenile suspect was charged with murder. She is currently in custody. Police said her name is not being released due to her age.
Harbison was arrested and charged with third-degree unlawful transaction with a minor and first-degree wanton endangerment. He was lodged in the Hardin County Detention Center on a $10,000 cash bond.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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