The Alton Telegraph, a state newspaper in Kentucky, is reporting that the man who fatally shot its reporter in his car while it was parked in a parking lot outside the statehouse has been identified.
According to a news release, reporter Ben Linneman was struck and killed by an unidentified gunman in a parked car on Tuesday morning while he was driving a reporter for the paper outside the Capitol.
The Alton Times-News, which covers Louisville, has not provided further details about the attack.
A message left for Linnemans family was not immediately returned Wednesday.