14-05-2025
Bizarrely petty reason Kentucky woman, 23, 'hired man to shoot a stranger at a Wendy's burger joint'
A Kentucky woman allegedly got a man to shoot a stranger in a Wendy's parking lot after an argument over her dog.
Carrington Bagwell, 23, of Louisville, was arrested on Monday months after she allegedly recruited an unknown gunman to shoot a different man in the food establishment's parking lot on Taylor Boulevard in early January.
She was booked into Louisville Metro Corrections on second-degree assault in connection to a shooting charge, the Louisville Metro Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Police responded to the parking lot around 11am on January 4 to find a man in his mid-20s with a gunshot wound to the arm and buttocks.
He told police he had gotten into a verbal altercation with another man before it escalated to a shooting, authorities said.
The suspect had fled the scene before officers reached the scene and the victim was transported to the hospital.
An arrest report, viewed by WDRB, said the altercation began after Bagwell and the victim argued about her dog getting loose.
She allegedly went home and told the shooter what happened and they drove back to the scene to shoot the victim, the outlet said.
Police responded to the parking lot around 11am on January 4 to find a man in his mid-20s with a gunshot wound to the arm and buttocks. He told police he had gotten into a verbal altercation with another man before it escalated to a shooting
Bagwell allegedly encouraged the shooter to harm the victim, whom neither knew prior.
It is unclear if the shooter has been apprehended.
has reached out to Louisville Police for comment.
Crime is down in the Kentucky city by 12 percent compared to last year, according to police statistics.
Homicide and aggravated assault are also down 34 and 11 percent, respectively.
Kidnapping and extortion, among others, are up.
Last month, a Kentucky father grabbed his gun after allegedly discovering a naked man on the floor of his 13-year-old daughter's bedroom.
Horrified by the sight, the father chased the intruder out of his Florence home, firing warning shots as the 20-year-old suspect fled the scene.
The father, whose name is being withheld to protect his daughter's identity, called 911 after the incident, telling deputies he 'awoke in the night and heard noises coming from his 13-year-old daughter's room,' according to a release from the Boone County Sheriff's Office.
'After telling the suspect that he was calling the police, the father went downstairs and soon retrieved a handgun,' the release stated. 'The suspect pushed past the father and then ran out the front door.'
At that point, the father allegedly fired three rounds 'into the ground near the front porch of the residence.'
Parker Kramer, a 20-year-old from Louisville, was arrested. They found him without pants.
