On Sunday, October 10, 2021 at approximately 4:00 P.M. Prestonsburg Police 911 Dispatchers took multiple calls of a shooting complaint that occurred at the Stumbo Park – Beaver Valley Golf Course parking lot in Allen. Prestonsburg Police Officers, Supervisors, and Kentucky State Police Troopers responded to the scene.

Upon arrival, Officers contacted Larry Mullins of Allen who was seated outside of his pickup truck in the parking lot. Mullins was identified as the shooter and had secured his firearm in his truck. Mullins stated that he had been involved in a “road rage” type of incident along KY Route 1428 that originated a short distance down the road that led to the Golf Course and ultimately the shooting.

As it normally is, the Park and Golf Course was heavily populated with patrons of those facilities who were independent of either party involved in the altercation and were eye witnesses to it. Prestonsburg Police Officers and Kentucky State Police Troopers conducted interviews of those witnesses and the following facts were uncovered:

–Some sort of road rage incident occurred between the parties prior to their arrival at the golf course and observation by independent witnesses.

–A blue truck operated by the individual armed with a firearm, Larry Mullins, entered the parking lot and parked.

–An additional vehicle from which the individual who was shot, Christopher Shane Sword, exited came into the area at a high rate of speed and parked behind the first truck.

–Sword approached the blue truck, opened the door and began a physical altercation with Larry Mullins. Multiple eye witnesses confirm they observed Sword striking Mullins. 

–Mullins brandished a firearm, a struggle for that firearm ensued, and Mullins discharged it two times, the first shot did not strike anyone and the second struck Sword in the abdomen. 

–Sword and the vehicle he came in fled the scene to Martin Our Lady of The Way ARH so Sword could reasonably seek medical treatment. Mullins remained at the scene and awaited the arrival of Police.

The scene was processed and all evidence, including the firearm and spent shell casings were collected and recorded witness statements were obtained. Floyd County Commonwealth’s Attorney A. Brent Turner was contacted and a joint decision between his office and Police was made to allow all facts and evidence to be presented to the Floyd County Grand Jury for consideration of criminal charges and justification of use of force as self defense, and Mullins was released pending their decision.

This case remains under investigation by Prestonsburg Police Detective D. Brad Caldwell. If you have any information or were a witness that officers have not spoken to, please reach out to Det. Caldwell at 886-1010.