Shortly after 11 p.m. on February 8, 2023, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, police responded to reports of shots fired near Breathitt and Beach Streets and found a man partially in the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. He was identified as Tony Anthony William Burse, 42, of McHenry Street. An ambulance arrived but the Christian County Coroner pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators recovered five shell casings and two bullet fragments in the street and opened a homicide investigation. Burse was described as a husband and father of four, a member of Big Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church who enjoyed dancing, telling jokes, and sports. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. The Hopkinsville-Christian County Crime Stoppers offered a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

If anyone knew Tony or was in the Breathitt and Beach Streets area that night, please share what you remember with Hopkinsville police.