LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Jefferson County Coroner's Office has released the name of the man shot to death in a home in the Iroquois neighborhood late Friday night.
Deputy Coroner Scott Russ says 62-year-old Mark Marcum died from a single gunshot wound to the neck just before midnight Friday.
Police say Mark Marcum was shot by his brother, 70-year-old Leslie 'Ricky' Marcum, late Friday night at a home in the 4300 block of Stoltz Court, which is not far from Taylor Boulevard in the Iroquois neighborhood. Russ says he died at the scene.
Leslie Marcum was arrested early Saturday. He's charged with one count of murder.
A female witness, who is listed in the police report with the last name of Marcum, told police the brothers had been in a physical altercation inside the home before the shooting. The report states they eventually separated for a short period of time, but Leslie Marcum left to retrieve a gun from his bedroom.
Police say Leslie Marcum then allegedly returned with the gun and shot his brother. He is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections and is due in court on Monday.
A neighbor said she never heard the gunshot, but she saw the police lights when officers arrived. Chatherine Temple lives a couple doors down and said Leslie Marcum was kind and welcomed her and her husband to the neighborhood when they moved in.
She said a detective came to her house after the shooting and explained that a man had been shot and killed. Temple said she saw Leslie Marcum in handcuffs being escorted to a police cruiser. She said Leslie Marcum was yelling, "Oh, I shoulda shot the mother f----r again!"
The LMPD homicide unit is investigating the shooting. It is not clear what the argument or fight stemmed from Friday night. People inside the suspect's house Saturday did not want to speak to reporters and asked for privacy.
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