LONDON, Ky. – (TNS) A Laurel County man is facing several charges after police say he shot his mother and struck two others with a pistol.

Beve Begley, 39, is accused of shooting his mother in the arm around 9:15 a.m. Wednesday on Guy Greene Road, about three miles south of London. He also struck two others — a family member and a friend — with a pistol, and then fled the scene, according to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office.

When deputies arrived at the home, Begley had returned and was sitting near the weapon they say he used to shoot his mother. He was charged with attempted murder, two counts of first-degree assault and five counts of first-degree wanton endangerment — discharge of a firearm.

All three victims were taken to a hospital in London and transferred to Lexington. Their

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