Saturday, January 21, 2012

Corbin Man Fatally Shot

{Corbin, Kentucky}...A Corbin man died early Friday afternoon during a shooting near the Tennessee state line, leading to a Oak Ridge, Tennessee resident being charged with second-degree manslaughter. The Whitley County Sheriff says 41 year old Keith Mason fatally shot 60 year old Robert Vanover on Ayers Road, nearly 17 miles west of Williamsburg, in Whitley County Friday afternoon, but Mason told investigators it was self defense. Investigators say the pair had a long-standing feud. Mason says he was admiring a creek when Vanover drove up and stopped. Mason told police he pulled out a gun in self-defense and fired multiple shots. Vanover, who was pronounced dead at the scene, was shot three times, once in the face, once in the chest and once in the lower part of the body. Family members say Vanover was in the area taking some groceries to his son. Mason was lodged in the Whitley County Detention Center.