UPDATE: Suspect in Hopkinsville murder arrested, charged

UPDATE: The Hopkinsville Police Department says murder suspect, Tavarious Mathews, was arrested on Wednesday evening. Mathews is charged with murder and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. He is lodged at the Christian County Detention Center.

ORIGINAL REPORT

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – The Hopkinsville Police Department is searching for a person of interest in a murder investigation.

The department says it responded to the area of East 1st Avenue and North Virgina Street on Friday to reports of a person who had been shot.

Officers located Jacorey Majors, 27, at the scene. Majors was taken to a hospital for injury treatment. Majors was pronounced deceased at the hospital.

The department has identified Tavarious Mathews, 27, as a person of interest in the murder investigation. Mathews is considered to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached.

The Hopkinsville Police Department ask those with information about Mathews and the incident to call 270-890-1300.