WOLFE COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18) — After a near day long man hunt, Kentucky State Police have arrested the man they say fired a weapon at another person in Wolfe County at around 8:30 a.m. Friday.
KSP says it happened in the Bethany community of Wolfe County. Through their investigation, they learned that Pedro Torices fired the weapon, striking an unknown person. Torices left the scene before officers arrived, according to KSP.
The Wolfe County Sheriff posted on Facebook just before midnight Friday that Torices was in custody after an 18 hour search.
On Friday, Wolfe County Schools went under a "hard lockdown" as officers spent time looking for him.
Torices is charged with 1st degree assault, 4th degree assault dating violence, 2nd degree unlawful imprisonment and 3rd degree terroristic threatening. He was taken to the Three Forks Regional Jail.
