UPDATE – Police Identify Man Killed in Office-Involved Shooting in Lyon County

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State police have released the name of the man who was killed in an officer-involved shooting with a Lyon County Sheriff’s deputy early Monday morning.

State police identified the suspect as 30-year-old Jedidiah Skinner of Smithland.

INITIAL STORY:

Lyon County Sheriff Brent White reported that shortly after midnight a deputy was sent to US 62 West in an attempt to locate a vehicle and subject who had reportedly been involved in a shooting incident in Marshall County.

Around 12:20, he said the deputy located the vehicle on US 62 and followed it to the Huck’s Travel Center in Kuttawa where the driver stopped and was involved in a “deadly force incident” with the deputy. Sheriff White reported the deputy was uninjured; however, the suspect was pronounced dead by Lyon County Coroner Kris Dunn.

Kentucky State Police are investigating the incident.

 

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