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JEFFERSON COUNTY — Bond is set at $5 million for a 20-year-old Mt. Vernon man is being held in the Jefferson County Jail on charges pending in Gallatin County.

Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies took Demetrius Walker into custody Friday on charges of murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and violating bail bond.

Walker is scheduled to appear before Judge JoBeth Weber this afternoon on a local charge of Class 4 felony aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.

Sources claim Walker was found in possession of a handgun believed used in a recent murder in Gallatin County.

We’ll bring you more information as it becomes available.