BY ROGER SMITH
MOUNTAIN CITIZEN

SIDNEY — Kentucky State Police responded to a fatal shooting in the Sidney community of Pike County on Aug. 14 following a report that came into the Pikeville Post.

Troopers and investigators arrived at a residence on North Big Creek Road where they found a man who had been shot.

The victim, identified as 41-year-old William Chaney of Pikeville, was pronounced dead at the scene by the Pike County Coroner’s Office.

The case is under investigation and will be presented to a Pike County grand jury for further review, police said.

Detective Joshua Scott is leading the investigation. KSP personnel and Appalachian First Response Ambulance Service assisted at the scene.