PRP suspect shot victim, himself in the head, police say

A Louisville man faces a murder charge after a deadly shooting in Pleasure Ridge Park. Police said Barry Barger shot and killed a man around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the living room of a home in the 7400 block of Ronan Drive. Barger was found in the yard bleeding from the head, according to an arrest citation. Police said Barger told investigators that he shot the man and then shot himself in the head. Witnesses told police that Barger shot the victim in the head and then shot himself. Police said Barger suffered serious injuries and was taken to University Hospital. The victim's family members said they think they know what led to the violence. "I've been asleep, my mother runs upstairs, hysterical, beating my door down, says somebody shot somebody in a situation, and I knew who it was due to a fight last night," said Donna Hale. The coroner has not released the name of the man who was killed. To get breaking news alerts sent to your phone, download the WLKY app here.

A Louisville man faces a murder charge after a deadly shooting in Pleasure Ridge Park.

Police said Barry Barger shot and killed a man around 11 a.m. Tuesday in the living room of a home in the 7400 block of Ronan Drive.


Barger was found in the yard bleeding from the head, according to an arrest citation.

Police said Barger told investigators that he shot the man and then shot himself in the head.

Witnesses told police that Barger shot the victim in the head and then shot himself.

Police said Barger suffered serious injuries and was taken to University Hospital.

The victim's family members said they think they know what led to the violence.

"I've been asleep, my mother runs upstairs, hysterical, beating my door down, says somebody shot somebody in a situation, and I knew who it was due to a fight last night," said Donna Hale.

The coroner has not released the name of the man who was killed.

To get breaking news alerts sent to your phone, download the WLKY app here.

