12-year-old girl becomes third fatality of shooting at Hazard college

HAZARD — A 12-year-old girl who was shot in a parking lot at Hazard Community and Technical College died Wednesday, a day after her father and cousin were killed in the same shooting.

The man accused of killing the three bought the gun that he allegedly used just hours earlier and only one day after he and one of the victims had a court hearing in a dispute over custody of their son.

Dalton Lee Stidham, 21, of Perry County is charged with murder in the death of his ex-girlfriend, Caitlin Paige Cornett, 20. He allegedly shot her when they met at 6 p.m. Tuesday so he could return their son, 2-year-old Jaydien Miller, after a court-ordered visit…