Sunday
12:30 a.m. – Howard County Sheriff’s Department 911 Communications Center receives notice of shots fired at 380 Chandler St., Russiaville. During the exchange of gunfire, HCSD Sgt. Jordan Buckley and Deputy Carl Koontz – who are serving a warrant alongside other deputies and Russiaville and Kokomo police – are shot.
This young deputy sheriff was serving a warrant. He was 27 yrs old with a wife and a young baby. The suspect turned his own gun on himself & took his own life.
I was one of the thousands lining the procession route up Highway 31.
Was quite a tribute.
Ed