Arrest made in Mayfield shooting that injured three

A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a Mayfield shooting on Thursday that left three with life threatening wounds.

According to the Mayfield Police Department, officers and Graves County deputies responded around 4:45 a.m. to the Mayfield Plaza Apartments off Babb Drive.

Officers located a female victim who alerted first responders to a vehicle at the apartments with two more male victims located inside.

All three gunshot victims were transported to area hospitals with serious injuries.

After investigating, the suspect was identified as 26-year-old James Blakemore of Mayfield. Blakemore was located in the Plaza Apartments. He was apprehended without incident.

Blakemore's charges include assault, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and strangulation.



(Photo Graves County Jail inmate register)