Man who killed co-worker sentenced; victim’s 6-year-old son speaks
By Alex Suckow
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LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (WLKY) — A man who killed his co-worker outside a food service plant in Shepherdsville has been sentenced.
Corey Rowland opened fire in the parking lot of Gordon Food Services in February 2023.
He told police he waited for Charles “Chuck” Puckett Jr. to leave work, then shot him 17 times. A medical examiner said Puckett had 25 entry/exit wounds.
Rowland also shot another co-worker “just because he was friends with Chuck.”
Puckett, 24, died, and the other co-worker survived.
Rowland recently made a plea agreement, pleading guilty but mentally ill to murder and assault charges.
On Tuesday, he was sentenced to 32 years behind bars as part of that agreement.
There were several speakers during his sentencing, both in court and after the hearing, including Rowland himself, who apologized to the victim’s family.
“I’m going to use this time behind bars to think about everything that I’ve done,” he said. (Hear his full statement in the video player at the top)
Puckett’s 6-year-old son also took the stand, and broke down in tears.
“I had a father. I don’t have one anymore because he died,” Mitchell Puckett, 6, said.
His family allowed him to speak to WLKY after the hearing.
“I hope the killer that killed my dad is suffering the same thing that I did because when my father was here, I was happy. But now he’s not, and now I’m not happy,” Mitchell Puckett said.
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