The Latest: Suspect in trooper’s shooting is shot and killed
Posted 4:38 am, September 14, 2015, by Associated Press, Updated at 09:41am, September 14, 2015
EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Here is the latest on the fatal shooting of a state trooper in western Kentucky (all times local):
9:25 a.m.
Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, 25, of Missouri has been identified as the shooting suspect. (Image: Lyon County Judge Executive)
Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, 25, of Missouri has been identified as the shooting suspect. (Image: Lyon County Judge Executive)
Police say the man accused of fatally shooting a Kentucky trooper has been shot and killed after an hours-long manhunt.
Trooper Jay Thomas, a state police spokesman, says 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks of Missouri was shot by police Monday morning when he refused to drop his weapon. He died at a hospital.
Waiting for Barack say the officer acted “Stupidly” in shooting this fine, respectable young Black man who was planning on enrolling in community college.