'Yes, I ate your snack': Man had no regrets for shooting woman who confronted him over eating food she brought for kids, police say

A Kentucky antheral is down bars aft constabulary said helium shot a pistillate successful the limb due to the fact that she got upset astatine him for eating snacks she brought for her kids.

Kenneth Beals, 57, was charged with second-degree assault and arrested connected Sunday by officers from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department. According to an apprehension study reviewed by Law&Crime, constabulary responded to a telephone from the exigency country astatine University of Louisville Hospital successful transportation with a pistillate who arrived determination with a gunshot coiled to her arm. When constabulary asked the pistillate what happened, she told them that Beals allegedly pulled a weapon connected her aft she asked him if helium had eaten the snacks she brought for her children.

According to the report, Beals told the woman, "Yes, I ate your snack, and it was good," earlier helium allegedly took retired a handgun and fired 1 changeable astatine her.

Police said the pistillate was treated for a non-life-threatening wounded to her near arm. Beals was identified arsenic the alleged shooter by the pistillate and witnesses who were astatine the location wherever the incidental took place.

According to the report, Beals was caught eating the snacks by the alleged victim's aunt, who told her niece that Beals was eating the nutrient the pistillate brought for her children. The aunt near the home, and the pistillate ran into Beals arsenic helium was leaving. The confrontation implicit the snacks occurred arsenic the 2 crossed paths.

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The pistillate drove herself to the infirmary astatine 7:03 p.m. connected Sunday.

Beals was charged with second-degree battle and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. He is presently successful custody astatine the Louisville Metropolitan Detention Center, wherever helium is being held connected $5,000 bond. Local Fox affiliate WDRB reported that Beals was arraigned connected Monday and is scheduled for a preliminary proceeding connected Jan. 6, 2026.