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Ky. Deputy Killed at Traffic Stop
November 14, 2012
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Photo courtesy of Kentucky State Police.
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A Marion County (Ky.) Sheriff's deputy investigating a stopped vehicle was fatally shot early Wednesday by a man who was allegedly on his way to harm his ex-wife.
Deputy Anthony Rakes, 31, stopped along U.S. 68 near Marion County High School just west of Lebanon city limits at 2 a.m. after noticing a 2007 Kia on the side of the road.
As he approached the vehicle, 49-year-old Dewayne Shipp opened fire, striking the deputy multiple times. The deputy died in surgery at Springview Hospital in Lebanon. Deputy Rakes wasn't wearing a ballistic vest, Kentucky State Police Trooper William Gregory told POLICE Magazine.
Shipp was arrested in Campbellsville and transported to University Hospital in Louisville where he was treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his leg.
Tags: Vehicle Stops, Marion County (Ky.) Sheriff, Duty Deaths, Body Armor, Kentucky State Police
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S.S @ 11/16/2012 6:36 AM
Too bad the maggot didn't succumb to his wound. It's never that easy. My thoughts and prayers go out to the deputy, his family and the Kentucky state p.d.
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Juan 10-13 @ 11/16/2012 6:36 AM
My prayers go out to his family.....peace be with you my Brother in Heaven!
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Bill @ 11/16/2012 7:25 PM
Wear your Vest Brothers in Blue!
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