{"id":79428,"date":"2022-07-03T14:01:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T14:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79428"},"modified":"2022-07-03T14:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-03T14:01:46","slug":"three-police-die-in-pure-hell-kentucky-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=79428","title":{"rendered":"Three police die in ‘pure hell’ Kentucky shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"News Desk:<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kentucky State Police troopers are leading an investigation into the shooting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

News Desk: 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. Police took the 49-year-old suspect into custody after the shooting. Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said the officers had faced “pure hell” when they arrived at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":79429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n