Posted on 09/17/2015 6:55:16 PM PDT by Morgana
Editor's Note: WAVE 3 News always strives to be respectful in tragic situations like this one. We do have a journalistic duty, however, to report on these incidents and shed as much light as possible on even horrific events. Clearly, the recording we've written about below and that is depicted in the video above sheds light on the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Trooper Ponder. As an aside, we took our cue from law enforcement sources who also posted the material online before we did.
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – Audio of the final moments before a Kentucky State Trooper was shot and killed in the line of duty during a traffic stop was released Tuesday.
Scanner traffic involving the death of Trooper Cameron Ponder has been circulating online. Out of respect for Ponder and his family, and his law enforcement family, WAVE 3 News chose not to air (or post online) the portion of the scanner traffic during which Ponder was shot.
The conversation Ponder had with his dispatchers late Sunday evening before he was shot was relatively calm while he was pursuing 25-year-old Joseph Johnson-Shanks.
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(Excerpt) Read more at wave3.com ...
**According to the St. Louis Dispatch, Johnson-Shanks’s cousin said he had his opinions on police but, he wasn’t the type to do anything to an officer. **
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