A man allegedly murdered a hotel worker, and though investigators are still looking into what caused this, they said it followed after a couple “could not give” him a cigarette lighter. Deputies in McCracken County, Kentucky, booked Robert Pannell, 55, into the local jail for charges including murder, records show.
According to authorities, they got 911 calls Saturday at approximately 9:48 a.m. of a possible active shooter at a hotel in the city of Paducah. A responding deputy found a female victim on the first floor of the hotel, they said. They described her as suffering multiple gunshot wounds to her head and body. A Paducah police officer found a possible suspect and detained him in the parking lot, authorities said.
“During the subsequent investigation, it was discovered that the suspect, Robert Pannell, had assaulted a male and female in the parking lot of the hotel after the couple could not give Pannell a cigarette lighter,” deputies said. “Pannell then went inside the hotel with a handgun and walked down a hallway. Pannell then shot the female victim and shot multiple rounds indiscriminately. Multiple people were in close proximity to Pannell when he indiscriminately fired his handgun. At some point, Pannell threw his handgun inside the lobby of the hotel. Pannell was a guest at the hotel, but so far it is undetermined what led to his actions. Detectives are currently and will continue to investigate.”
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