The Latest: Suspect in trooper's shooting is shot and killed (UPDATE)

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Mon Sep 14, 2015, 10:51 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: AP

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.

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.

Authorities say 31-year-old trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder was conducting a traffic stop Sunday night when the driver fled. After a chase, the suspect stopped his car abruptly and fired several shots into Ponder's cruiser. He died later at a hospital.

Police had said Johnson-Shanks fled on foot. Numerous law enforcement agencies had been aiding in the search, using helicopters and dogs in the rural, wooded area.

FULL story at link.


This undated photo provided by the Kentucky State Police shows Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks. Johnson-Shanks is the suspect in the killing of a Kentucky State Trooper during a car chase, late Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, along Interstate 24, in Kentucky. (Courtesy of the Kentucky State Police via AP)


Earlier story below.

EDDYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky state trooper who had been on the force less than a year was killed in a shooting during a chase in western Kentucky and authorities were searching Monday morning for a suspect.

Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, was conducting a traffic stop Sunday night around 10:20 p.m. on Interstate 24 when the driver fled, Kentucky State Police said in a news release.

A chase ensued with the suspect stopping abruptly, causing the trooper's vehicle to "make contact" with the rear of the suspect's vehicle, the news release said.

The driver then fired several shots into Ponder's police cruiser, hitting him several times. Ponder was taken to a hospital in Princeton, Kentucky, where he died shortly before midnight, the release said.

FULL story at link.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/5290d7cf80d141f19836761c254e4103/latest-interstate-closed-during-search-suspect

[7962]

1. Yet another cop shot. For a traffic stop. Terrible

[7962]

2. Looks like the suspect has been shot and killed after being found armed

Refused to drop his gun so they took him down. At least there's that.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Woke up from a nap an saw your reply

I did update the story.

Thanks,

OS

[leftyladyfrommo]

3. Another wacko from Missouri.

This is getting really embarrassing. We are making the news on a daily basis and not for anything good.

Yesterday it was the two children found in the cave.

[840high]

5. Sad.

[yourpicturehere]

6. Not too far from here

The thing that bothers me is that this is the second rookie state trooper killed this year. The other was a 22-year-old (yeah, you read that right) that took a curve at high speed and ran into a semi. Methinks the police academy needs to add a new course on driving and calling for backup.

The word "hospital" is used loosely for the one they used.