A homicide investigation is underway after a dead body was discovered in rural Mercer County.
KSP was notified of the body found off of Deep Creek Road, west of Harrodsburg.
Tristan Cole, 17 years old of Harrodsburg was found fatally shot at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night. Cole was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Mercer County Coroner.
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Cole’s father told LEX 18’s Leigh Searcy that he had been contacted by Cole’s school, saying he had not been seen since Tuesday. He is still trying to find answers to the questions his son’s death have raised.
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“For this to happen, to shoot him in the back. It just isn’t right and I hope they find him and they better hope before any of my family or any of his other family and that’s all I got to say,” Gary Devine told LEX 18.
On Thursday, a juvenile was charged with Murder and Robbery in connection to Cole’s death. Police say that the investigation alleges that the Harrodsburg teen took personal property and fatally shot Tristan Cole Tuesday evening. The juvenile will be taken to the Lincoln Village Detention Center.
The events that led to the shooting are under investigation.
Cole’s body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s office for autopsy.
