WINCHESTER, Ind. — A Farmland teenager is charged with attempted murder in the shooting of his mother’s boyfriend.
Noah Lee Kuhns, 18, is also charged with aggravated batteries in the May 6 shooting at the home of the defendant’s family in the 300 block of North Main Street in Farmland.
In an affidavit, Melvin Nott, Farmland’s town marshal, reported he went to the Main Street home that afternoon after dispatchers received a report of a shooting.
He said he found the victim — with bullet wounds “around the belt line in front” and in his left shoulder — seated on a couch.
The victim and two witnesses said the man had been shot by Kuhns during an argument.
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The teen’s mother said after two gunshots were fired, the victim told her, “Call the cops. I have been shot.”
She said during the argument, “Noah seemed a lot more upset than (the shooting victim).”
Before being taken to a hospital, the shooting victim told Nott, “I didn’t think he would shoot me.”
Witnesses said Kuhns fled from the house after firing the gunshots. He was apparently later apprehended and was being held in the Randolph County jail.
The town marshal reported he later learned the gunshot that hit the victim in the lower torso passed through his body, striking both his colon and an artery.
The charges against the teen were filed Wednesday in Randolph Circuit Court. Attempted murder is a Level 1 felony carrying up to 40 years in prison. Aggravated battery is a Level 3 felony with a maximum 16-year sentence.
An initial hearing in the case is set for May 13.
Douglas Walker is a news reporter for The Star Press. Contact him at 765-213-5851 or at [email protected].
