Herald-Leader staff report
State police arrested five people, including a juvenile, Tuesday after a feud between next door neighbors escalated and shots were fired.
Police say the feud started early Tuesday afternoon. It appeared to come to an end after police made two arrests. But police say things heated back up hours later.
State police said the first reports of gunfire came in about 3:55 p.m. Tuesday. Troopers were dispatched to the 3000 block of St. John Road in Northern Franklin County, where an investigation revealed that several shots had been fired between next door neighbors because of an on going feud, according to a news release from Kentucky State Police. No one was injured.
Mitchell R. Engler, 52, was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Christopher T. Beagle Sr., 41, was arrested and charged with nine counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Both Frankfort residents were lodged in the Franklin County Detention Center. Kentucky State Police confiscated two weapons.
Police received a second complaint of shots fired about 6:37 p.m. from the same location. Investigators said a second round of gunfire was exchanged between the same neighbors involving other family members because of the ongoing feud, according to the release.
Christopher T. Beagle Jr., 18, was arrested and charged with 12 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. Anthony R. Engler, 32, was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. A 15-year-old was taken into custody and charged with 12 counts of first-degree wanton endangerment. The Juvenile was lodged in the Fayette County Dentition Center. Beagle and Engler were lodged in the Franklin County Detention Center.
Two of the three were struck by shotgun pellets. No medical treatment needed.
Police confiscated eight additional weapons.
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