According to Trooper Norman Chaffins, Ellis was shot and killed after he stopped to move debris from the roadway early Saturday morning on an off-ramp leading from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County. Chaffins said it is unclear at this point in the investigation if Ellis was the intended target of the shooting.Video at link.As of now, Chaffins said the only people who have been eliminated as suspects are those conducting the investigation.
According to the Nelson County coroner's office, a 12-gauge shotgun was used to Ellis multiple times. Investigators said Ellis' service revolver was in its holster when he was found dead by a passerby just before 3 a.m. and that Ellis had no radio communications with dispatch in the minutes before his death.
Ellis was a husband, father of two, and a pee wee baseball head coach. He is the first Bardstown police officer killed in the line of duty in the department's 150-year history and the department's only K-9 officer.
Someone who knew he was going to be there to pick up the ‘debris’ would logically be the culprit?
Again, unless this wasn’t personal to him and the idea was kill a cop any cop. Like a gang initiation.