A Lyon County Sheriff’s Department deputy was involved a shooting-incident early Monday morning where a Marshall County shooting suspect was killed.
According to a news release, Kentucky State Police have been called to investigate after a confrontation between the Lyon County Sheriff’s Deputy and a suspect became violent. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Jedidiah Skinner of Smithland, was in a vehicle on U.S. 62 just after midnight after allegedly fleeing from a shooting incident in Marshall County.
Skinner’s vehicle stopped at Huck’s Travel Center in Kuttawa a short time later, where Skinner and the deputy reportedly become involved in a ‘deadly force incident’.
The deputy was not injured, however, Skinner was pronounced deceased at the scene by the Lyon County Coroner.