Paducah man wanted in connection with fight that resulted in shots fired turns himself in

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - A man wanted in connection with a fight that resulted in a gun being fired has turned himself in.

According to Paducah police, Tariq T. Griffin, 20, of West Paducah, turned himself in at the Paducah Police Department just after 8 p.m. Thursday.

He was arrested on a warrant charging him with first-degree robbery, first-degree wanton endangerment and third-degree criminal mischief.

He was interviewed Thursday evening and booked into the McCracken County Regional Jail.

Police say a man told officers Griffin came to his home in the 1600 block of Madison Street just after 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 31 and attacked him.

He told officers he had a gun in his pocket and Griffin was trying to get the gun when it went off, hitting a piece of furniture.

The man said Griffin left with the gun in a minivan with three other men.

No injuries were reported.

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