On Monday, May 29, 2017 at approximately 5:00 p.m. the Owensboro Police Department responded to a firearm discharge call at Edgefit Sports and Fitness located at 4036 Frederica Street.
Upon arrival officers located a male subject outside that matched the caller’s description of a man who had fired one round from a shotgun at the front of the business. That male, later identified as James D. Cobb, was taken into custody without incident. There was damage to the front glass and equipment inside the business but there were no injuries reported by the six individuals inside at the time of the firearm discharge.
James D. Cobb is currently lodged in the Daviess County Detention Center.
Arrested:
James D. Cobb
W/M/38
3800 block of Lewis Lane
Owensboro, KY 42301
Charges:
(6 counts) Wanton Endangerment, 1st Degree – Class D Felony
Criminal Mischief, 1st Degree – Class D Felony