Documents: Middletown Shooting victims, suspects are family

Louisville, Ky. – On the late Thursday evening, the Louisville Metro police confirmed that the suspect was the son of the victim at the fatal shootout in Middletown.

According to the arrest quote, the Middletown police responded to a report on a shootout to the Winter Springs Court on Wednesday at around 7:20 a.m.

When the officials arrived, they found a man who was later identified as a 65-year-old John “Tommy” Mcquillen and at the sidewalk suffered from a gunshot wound, as documents showed. First aiders transported John to the hospital, where he later died.

During his time, LMPD detectives learned that there was an active arrangement for domestic violence (DVO) between John and the suspect Brandon Mc Quillen.

Monitoring video showed that Brandon left the area of ​​John's building before shooting. Documents showed that a vehicle from Brandon went away after the shootout.

More surveillance material shows that Brandon's vehicle was a short distance from the scene, according to the arrest quote. Brandon can then be seen in the vehicle.

Brandon was found in the vehicle a few hours later.

When the officials searched the vehicle, they found an AR-15, handwritten notes in which his intention was described to kill his father, and “several objects that matched explosive in the production”.

During the time, the official was an explosive device under John's car according to the quote.

Brandon is charged with murder – domestic violence, possession of a firearm by a forbidden person and violates an EPO/DVO in Kentucky. The police said the murder accusation was added while Brandon was in custody.