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Elliott County Man Arrested In Connection To Deadly Stabbing

Posted at 5:10 AM, Jan 30, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-30 07:41:20-05

ELLIOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)– Kentucky State Police are investigating a deadly stabbing in Elliott County.

It happened around 3 a.m. Monday.

Police say the stabbing happened during a fight between 40-year-old Shannon Weddington, of Sandy Hook, and 32-year-old Adam Kelly, of Florida.

Kelly was injured and flown to a local hospital where he later died.

Weddington is in the Rowan County Detention Center charged with murder.