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   From: daily.negro@gazette.com   
      
   A man suspected of killing a Kentucky trooper was shot and   
   killed by state police early Monday morning, police confirmed to   
   FoxNews.com.   
      
   Authorities said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks, of   
   Missouri, was located in a remote rural area near I-24 around 7   
   a.m., following an all-night manhunt. Johnson-Shanks was armed   
   with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop   
   his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb.   
      
   "That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his   
   agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.   
      
   Johnson-Shanks was arrested while police waited for EMS at the   
   scene and he died from his injuries at a local hospital at 8:23   
   a.m. Webb said he wasn't aware of any statements Johnson-Shanks   
   may have made prior to being shot.   
      
   A statement released early Monday said that Trooper Joseph   
   Cameron Ponder, 31, was pronounced dead at a Princeton, Ky.,   
   hospital after being shot multiple times late Sunday night.   
   Ponder had been a state trooper since January of this year.   
      
   The statement said that Ponder was conducting a traffic stop   
   Sunday on the westbound side of Interstate 24 in the western   
   part of the state at about 10:20 p.m. local time. The statement   
   said that the driver who was being stopped took off from the   
   scene, with Ponder pursuing him for approximately nine miles.   
      
   At that point, according to the statement, the suspect's car   
   abruptly stopped, causing Ponder to crash his car into the   
   vehicle.   
      
   Police say the driver, Johnson-Shanks, got out of the car and   
   started shooting at Ponder, hitting him multiple times. Bullets   
   also struck the hood and windshield of the police cruiser,   
   authorities said.   
      
   After the shooting, authorities said that Johnson-Shanks fled   
   the scene on foot and was considered armed and dangerous.   
   Interstate 24 was shut down in both directions early Monday to   
   assist in the search.   
      
   “Pray for our guys that are out here,” Kentucky County Executive   
   Wade White told reporters, according to KVFS.   
      
   Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was   
   stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from   
   the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move   
   closer to home within the next year.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/09/14/kentucky-state-trooper-shot-   
   and-killed-after-car-chase/   
         
      
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