Posted on 09/14/2015 11:20:48 AM PDT by tcrlaf
The suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of a rookie Kentucky state trooper this weekend has died after being shot by authorities, state police said on Monday.
Kentucky State Police found the suspect, Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, 25, of Missouri, in a wooded area close to Interstate 24, near where he allegedly shot the trooper after a car chase, police said.
Johnson-Shanks had aimed his gun at troopers and refused to drop it, leading one to shoot him, officials said. Johnson-Shanks died at a medical center in Princeton, Kentucky.
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Good shooting, Officers. Civilization thanks you. My condolences to the family and friends of the murdered officer.
Johnson-shanks?
Even he was born with a prison made ready name, shanks.
I guess he will not be able to use it thanks to some good shooting on behalf of some fellow officers in the Police Department.
These punks need to start dirt napping faster though. Need a 5-1 lotto.
Hyphenated last names? Who’s your daddy? Covering all bets?
Ferguson was Michael Brown, not Freddie Gray.
You're too kind...I would have spent a few minutes using his kneecaps for target practice. After reducing his kneecaps to pulp; then we move up about eighteen inches and repeat target practice.
Ping
Rot in Hell, dirtbag. I wish I could have been the one to shoot this POS.
So how soon before this piece of human excrement's family will make the rounds of the media, crying for "justice"? Will we see T-shirt sales at #blacklivesmatter gatherings?
Nevermind, I don't want to know...
Generally that’s the way it ends if you shoot a state cop in KY and they catch up with you. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
A few more of these will really take the enthusiasm out Obama’s “base” of cop-killers.
They take a lot of organized agitation to get whipped up enough to execute an innocent stranger - but seeing their fellow hate-filled racial bigots getting killed in return will be the best bucket of cold reality to bring them to their senses.
Gun these senseless dangers down like rabid dogs. It is for the best.
Local coverage:
I made the mistake of listening to the audio from the trooper’s scanner (has been posted online.) Had a lot of trouble getting to sleep last night...
One must also feel for (and commend) the motorist who heard gunshots and quickly stopped to assist the dying trooper and was talking to the dispatcher: My goodness, what a thing to “walk” into...
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