Virgie, KY (WMDJ) — A Pike County man is behind bars after allegedly shooting his brother-in-law during an argument Thursday night.
State police were called just after 9 p.m. to a home on Route 610 at Virgie, where they found a man sitting on his porch holding his arm from a gunshot wound.
The victim told troopers he had been shot by his brother-in-law, 48-year-old Anthony Huffman of Pikeville, following a dispute. He said Huffman and his sister ran into the hills after the shooting but later returned.
According to police, the sister said the men were arguing and she tried to break it up when it became heated. She said her brother hit her on the head, and then she heard the gunshot. She told troopers she grabbed the gun from Huffman but dropped it while running away.
Huffman denied firing the weapon and claimed he never saw a gun. He was arrested and charged with first-degree assault, a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Huffman is being held on a $5,000 cash bond.
