LEBANON, Ky. (August 20, 2025) – Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 15 is investigating a deadly shooting that occurred overnight Tuesday in Marion County.
On August 19, 2025, at 4:15 A.M. EST, KSP Post 15 received a call from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office requesting investigative assistance of a fatal shooting. Troopers and Detectives responded to a residence on Hourigan Lane and found Stephanie Keeling, 48, of Lebanon, deceased from an apparent gunshot wound.
The preliminary investigation revealed that four individuals, two males and two females, forcibly entered the residence and held the occupants at gunpoint. One of the individuals then shot Ms. Keeling, causing fatal injuries to her. All four of the individuals fled the residence prior to the arrival of law enforcement. Detectives relayed the vehicle information that the individuals left the residence to local law enforcement, leading Officers with Bardtown Police Department (BPD) to perform a traffic stop on the vehicle on US 150 in Nelson County. BPD Officers located all four individuals believed to have been involved in the incident.
Tyler Gunn, 32, of Lebanon, was arrested and charged with Murder and Robbery 1st Degree. He was lodged in the Marion County Detention Center.
Joshua Spalding-Wells, 36, of Springfield; Faith Singer, 21, of Bardstown; and Allison Lyvers, 18, of Holy Cross were arrested and charged with Murder (Complicity) and Robbery 1st Degree. They were lodged in the Marion County Detention Center.
This appears to have been a targeted home invasion, and there is currently no known threat to public safety from this incident.
KSP Post 15 was assisted by the Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Bardstown Police Department, KSP Post 4 Elizabethtown, and the Marion County Coroner’s Office. Detective Dexter Colvin is conducting the investigation.
(Trooper Jonathan Houk – Kentucky State Police Post 15)