PRINCETON, Ky. (KFVS) - A man is now charged with murder in connection with a shooting in western Kentucky.

According to the Princeton Police Department, the shooting victim, 34-year-old Jerrod R. Cooper, died from his injuries on Thursday morning, October 23 and the charges against 20-year-old Hector Miguel Pena were upgraded to murder.

They say Pena turned himself in at the police department at 3 p.m. and he was booked into the Caldwell County Jail.

Police were called to the 300 block of Beverly Lane around 2:40 a.m. on Thursday for a report of shots fired and one person injured.

The victim was taken to an area hospital and then airlifted to a Nashville, Tenn. hospital.

Both the victim and the suspect are from Princeton, Ky.

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