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Police: Doom Reloaded While Shooting Three Victims

Police: Doom Reloaded While Shooting Three Victims
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By West Kentucky Star Staff
Jan. 04, 2019 | SMITHLAND
By West Kentucky Star Staff Jan. 04, 2019 | 06:56 PM | SMITHLAND
At Thursday's pre-trial hearing for murder suspect Jackie Clint Doom in Livingston County, testimony revealed details of the violence that erupted December 21, leaving three people dead.

According to The Lake News, Kentucky State Police Detective David Dick testified that Doom was interviewed on the night that January Stone, Johnny Mallory and Robert Belt died of multiple gunshot wounds at a home on Stringtown Road. Dick told the court that Doom said he went to the home with an AR-15 equipped with a bump stock and several magazines of ammunition. He told police he went there to work out differences with the people who eventually died at the scene. 

Doom reportedly told police that during their conversation, one of the men in the home made a sudden move and Doom thought the man was armed, so he shot first. Dick said Doom reloaded his weapon during the gunfire, and Stone was shot 11 times, Mallory was shot 19 times and Belt was shot 24 times. The victims were later found to be unarmed.

Doom's defense attorney, Don Thomas, cross-examined Dick and asked if he knew there was an ongoing feud between the defendant and the victims. He also asked if Dick knew that Doom had recently filed a complaint about the trio, saying they were selling drugs at the home, and had sold methamphetamine to his wife, who then lost the baby she was carrying. The Lake News reports that Dick said they were still gathering information in their investigation of the case. 

Thomas reportedly told the court that Stone, Mallory and Belt had attempted to burn Doom's house during the week before the incident, presumably in retaliation because he filed the complaint about them allegedly dealing drugs. Thomas also said Doom's wife was in a rehab facility at the time of the incident.

Dick also testified about their response that night, saying the property manager of the cottage called 911 about an unresponsive person, and another 911 call was received a short time later, placed by Doom's relatives. Dick told the court that Doom was in custody by the time officers reached the scene of the shooting.

In addition to the three counts of murder, Doom was also charged with alcohol intoxication on the night of December 21. 

The judge ruled that the case should be heard by a Livingston County grand jury, which will meet within the next 60 days.

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