Kentucky Lawmaker Facing Allegations Kills Himself

(FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Dan Johnson, a Republican state lawmaker in Kentucky who defiantly denied allegations that he sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the basement of his home, died in an apparent suicide Wednesday night, the county coroner said. He was 57.

Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said Johnson died of a single gunshot wound on Greenwell [f500link]Ford[/f500link] Road in Mount Washington, Kentucky.