| (LONDON, KY) - On Saturday, April
13, 2002 at approximately 7:15 p.m. EDT, Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron
was shot and killed while attending a political rally and fish fry near
the Shopville Fire Department in Pulaski County. At approximately 7:20
pm the Kentucky State Police in London were notified of the shooting and
began responding to the scene.
Approximately five (5) miles from the scene
of the murder, a suspect was located by a Pulaski County Sheriff's Deputy
as well as a member of the Shopville Fire Department.
On Sunday, April 14, 2002 at 3:45 am EDT,
Kentucky State Police charged Danny S. Shelley with Murder of a Police
Officer, a capitol offense punishable by the death penalty. Mr. Shelley,
age 31, of Eubank, Kentucky, was lodged in the Laurel County Detention
Center.
Pulaski County Coroner, Allen Stringer,
pronounced Sheriff Sam Catron dead at the scene, at 7:20 pm EDT. Sheriff
Catron, age 48, had been the Pulaski County Sheriff since 1985 and was
currently seeking re-election. An autopsy will be performed by the State
Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort to determine the exact cause of
death.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at
this time. Details will be provided once they become available.
The Kentucky State Police will assign additional
Troopers to Pulaski County to continue providing police services to Pulaski
County citizens.
Jim McWhorter, Pulaski County Chief Deputy
has been sworn in as the new Pulaski County Sheriff.
The investigation into the murder of Sheriff
Catron is continuing. Det. Todd Dalton is the case officer. |
