PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - A Pike County man was arrested Wednesday night after troopers with Kentucky State police say he was shooting a gun toward the Shelby Valley high school football field while students were on the field practicing.

According to the arrest citation, a 911 call came in just before 5 p.m., claiming a man was shooting a pistol outside of the Douglas Park Apartments.

Trooper Nicholas Taylor responded to the scene, where he said witnesses confirmed someone had been shooting a gun toward the Shelby Valley High School football field, where the football and cheerleading programs were outside practicing.

Trooper Taylor reported finding seven shell casings in the parking lot of the apartment complex. According to the citation, he found the suspect, Brian Irick, 58, at his ap

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