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Man shot, another arrested in Bartholomew County shooting

Bartholomew County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a person shot Monday evening, at Sunny Brook Mobile Home Park, 10202 E Legal Tender Rd, Elizabethtown.  

 

Don Brown, 52, of Elizabethtown, suffered three gunshot wounds.  He was flown via medical helicopter to a hospital in Indianapolis for treatment.  Brown’s condition remains unknown at this time.

 

Ethan Sherfield, 21, of Nineveh, was located nearby by deputies.  He was identified by witnesses at the scene as the shooter and was detained pending investigation.  He was later remanded to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of Battery resulting in serious bodily injury (a level 5 felony) and Intimidation with a deadly weapon (a level 6 felony)

 

Sherfield remains in jail in lieu of $22,500 bond.

 

No information has been released on what led to the shooting.  The investigation  is still ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Office.

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