‘They encountered pure hell.’ Sheriff says man who killed Kentucky cops opened fire without warning

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PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — Police who went to a home in a small eastern Kentucky town to investigate an alleged rape ran into a storm of bullets in which three officers died and several others were …

Bill Estep and Christopher Leach | Lexington Herald-Leader

On Friday, the morning after the deadly confrontation, Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said it appeared the alleged killer, Lance Storz, was laying in wait and that he opened fire on officers without warning.Police had received a complaint Thursday that Storz had assaulted a woman, held her against her will and raped her.

He said he could tell from the sounds of the shots that the shooter had more than one gun, including what sounded like high-velocity firearms. Officer Jacob Chaffins, with the Prestonsburg police, was critically wounded. The department announced on Facebook late Friday that he had died.Of the three other wounded officers, police said one had been released after treatment at a hospital and two others were hospitalized in stable condition.Family members also got involved in an effort to get him to surrender.The woman who sought the protective order against Storz and a child were taken to a shelter, police said.

 

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