Glasgow, KENTUCKY

INDICTED
Nov 6, 2009 - Former GOP legislator and son of former Kentucky Gov. Louie Nunn, Steve Nunn, was was indicted Tuesday by a Hart County grand jury on six counts of wanton endangerment.

Arraignment is scheduled for November 17.

Nunn is accused of shooting and killing his former girlfriend, 29-year-old Amanda Ross in September 2009.

Nunn ran unsuccessfully for the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 2003. He lost a bid for re-election to the state House in 2006 after 15 years as a state representative.

In September 2007, Nunn announced his support of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Steve Beshear, a former lieutenant governor. Shortly after, in December, Beshear appointed Nunn as deputy secretary of Health and Family Services. He was put on administrative leave in February after being charged with domestic violence for allegedly slapping Ross. He resigned in March. (Wikipedia entry)

Nunn has pleaded not guilty.