LONDON, Ky. (WKYT) - One person is behind bars, and another is in the hospital after a shooting in Laurel County.

According to the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the area of Payne Trail Road in London for reports of a person who had been shot at around 11:45 p.m. Thursday.

When they arrived at the scene, deputies say they found a man who had been shot multiple times with serious injuries. He was airlifted to UK Hospital in critical condition.

Benjamin Hobson was arrested just before 2 a.m. Friday. He’s charged with assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.

Hobson is scheduled to appear in a Laurel County courtroom for a preliminary hearing at 9:30 a.m. Friday.

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