Kentucky authorities arrest suspect in fatal shooting of state trooper along highway
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SMITHS GROVE, Ky. (AP) — A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky state trooper during a traffic stop on a highway Monday afternoon, officials said.
Trooper Hayden Phillips, 30, was shot when he pulled over a vehicle on Interstate 65 in Warren County, Col. Phillip Burnett Jr., commissioner of the Kentucky State Police, said during a news conference.
The vehicle left the scene, and after a brief search, law enforcement found it and the suspect about 94 miles (151 kilometers) northeast in Jefferson County, he said. Police in Louisville caught the suspect, a 51-year-old man from Portland, Tennessee.
Kyle Bumgarner, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, described it as a “routine traffic stop” and said officials responded within minutes of the shooting.
The suspect will be transported back to Warren County and face state murder charges, he said.
“This is among, if not among, it is the most heinous crime that can be committed in our commonwealth,” Bumgarner said. “One of our own was gunned down and murdered on the side of the road.”
Officials didn’t say why the trooper pulled the man over, how the shooting unfolded and whether the suspect has a criminal record.
Phillips had been at the agency for three years and was based out of Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky. He was a husband and father of three.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear called Phillips “a hero who dedicated himself to protecting our commonwealth.”