In the late hours of a Wednesday in Flatwoods, Kentucky, the life of 31-year-old Kurtis Carter, a man known for his love of helping others, was brought to a tragic and abrupt end. On November 3, 2021, Carter was fatally wounded in a shooting that would soon become the focus of a swift police investigation. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, he had built a life in Ashland, Kentucky, where he was a father to seven children.
The events of that night led to a rapid law enforcement
response. Within a day, investigators had identified a suspect, leading to an arrest in connection with the fatal shooting. The individual taken into custody was identified as Audreyon L. Malone, who was 20 years old at the time. The arrest, made by the Flatwoods Police Department with assistance from the Ashland Police Department, brought a suspect into the legal system, though the motive behind the violent encounter remained unclear in the immediate aftermath.
Malone was subsequently charged with murder and lodged in the Greenup County Detention Center. The case then moved to the judicial system, where a grand jury reviewed the evidence presented by the commonwealth's attorney. Finding sufficient cause, the grand jury returned an indictment against Malone, formally charging him with murder. Further details regarding the specific circumstances that led to the shooting have not been made widely available.
