Background: The neighborhood in Louisville, Ky., where the alleged shooting took place on Dec. 28 (Google Maps). Inset: Kenneth Beals (Louisville Metropolitan Detention Center).
Officers from the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department apprehended 57-year-old Kenneth Beals, charging him with second-degree assault. The arrest took place on Sunday, stemming from an incident involving a woman who arrived at the University of Louisville Hospital with a gunshot injury to her arm. According to Law&Crime, the police were called to the hospital, where the woman recounted that Beals allegedly brandished a firearm and shot her after she confronted him about eating the snacks she had brought for her kids.
The report indicates that Beals admitted to the woman, “Yes, I ate your snack, and it was good,” before allegedly drawing a handgun and firing at her.
Authorities noted that the woman received medical attention for her non-life-threatening arm injury. Both the woman and witnesses present at the scene identified Beals as the shooter.
Details from the report reveal that the woman’s aunt initially discovered Beals eating the snacks and informed her niece. After the aunt left the premises, the woman encountered Beals as he was exiting, leading to their confrontation over the snacks.
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 food the woman brought for her children. The aunt left the home, and the woman ran into Beals as he was leaving. The confrontation over the snacks occurred as the two crossed paths.
The woman drove herself to the hospital at 7:03 p.m. on Sunday.
Beals was charged with second-degree assault and possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. He is currently in custody at the Louisville Metropolitan Detention Center, where he is being held on $5,000 bond. Local Fox affiliate WDRB reported that Beals was arraigned on Monday and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Jan. 6, 2026.
