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Lawrence County teen killed in Tuesday shooting
A LAWRENCE COUNTY TEEN IS DEAD AFTER A TUESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING. ACCORDING TO THE LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, 18-YEAR-OLD TRISTAN BUSH SHOT AND KILLED 19-YEAR-OLD JOSH SMITH. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND 9 P.M. IN THE SIMMS STREET MINI-PARK IN LAWRENCEBURG. ALLEGEDLY THE TEENS WERE SETTLING A DISPUTE STEMMING FROM SELLING DRUGS. SMITH WAS A FORMER FOOTBALL PLAYER AT LAWRENCE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL BEFORE HE TRANSFERRED TO GILES COUNTY. BUSH IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN THE LAWRENCE COUNTY JAIL. MAYOR KEITH DURHAM ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THE CLOSING OF THE SIMMS STREET PARK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE SWINGING BRIDGE PARK. THE PARK WILL NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED PUBLIC PROPERTY. THE CITY INTENDS TO BUILD ANOTHER PARK. THE CITY OWNS SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY AND WILL CONSIDER THOSE PROPERTIES AS POSSIBILITIES FOR THE RELOCATION. DURHAM SAID THE CITY HOPES THE OPENING OF A NEW PARK WILL CREATE A MORE FAMILY ORIENTATED ATMOSPHERE WHICH WOULD INCLUDE NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
A LAWRENCE COUNTY TEEN IS DEAD AFTER A TUESDAY NIGHT SHOOTING. ACCORDING TO THE LAWRENCEBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, 18-
TRISTAN BUSH
Pictures are from the scene of the crime.