{"id":22669,"date":"2022-07-02T23:10:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T03:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=22669"},"modified":"2022-07-02T23:10:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T03:10:03","slug":"three-police-die-in-pure-hell-kentucky-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2022\/07\/02\/three-police-die-in-pure-hell-kentucky-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Three police die in ‘pure hell’ Kentucky shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three police officers have been shot dead in the US state of Kentucky while trying to serve a warrant on a man accused of domestic violence.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Police took the 49-year-old suspect into custody after the shooting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said the officers had faced “pure hell” when they arrived at the man’s home.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Four other people were injured at the scene in Allen, a small town in a mountainous part of eastern Kentucky with a population of just 166.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The officers who died in the shooting late on Thursday have been named as Capt Ralph Frasure, Deputy William Petry and dog handler Jacob Chaffins.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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K9 Drago, one of the dogs that Mr Chaffins handled, also died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Capt Frasure had been with the Prestonsburg, Kentucky, Police Department for 39 years. The department said he had served “with honor and glory up until the last second”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The men ran into a barrage of gunfire from a rifle when they went to the house on Main Street shortly before 19:00 local time (midnight GMT).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The shooting continued for nearly three hours before suspect Lance Storz was taken into custody, having surrendered after negotiations involving members of his family.<\/p>\n

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Court papers say that Storz used a rifle to fire multiple rounds at officers at his home on Main Street in the town of Allen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He has been charged with two counts of murdering a police officer, five counts of attempted murder of a police officer, one count of attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault on a service animal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“This is a tough morning for our commonwealth,” Kentucky state governor Andy Beshear said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Floyd County and our brave first responders suffered a tragic loss last night.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kentucky State Police troopers are leading an investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n

Source: bbc,co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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