Owensboro Police Arrest Shooting Suspect

By John Gibson, WNIN

June 17, 2021

Owensboro Police have arrested a man wanted for a shooting.

The OPD says 24-year-old Juwan Cotton of Owensboro faces charges of First-Degree Assault and Robbery.

In a release, police said officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 600 block of Orchard Street Sunday evening.

They found a 33-year-old man with a single gunshot wound.

He was taken to Owensboro Health Regional Hospital with what police called “potentially life-threatening” injuries.

Police did not release his identity.

An investigation led officers to Cotton, who was lodged in the Daviess County Jail.

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