Friday, December 29, 2006
Suspect Fatally Wounded; Officer Injured
Police from several agencies are investigating after a suspect was fatally wounded and an officer injured during a pursuit last night. Officials have stated that the officer sustained non-life threatening injuries as a result of broken glass at the scene and was receiving treatment at Pikeville Medical Center last night. As of 3:00 am officials had not released the name of the suspect or the injured officer. Traffic on US 23 near the intersection of US 119 where the pursuit ended was re-directed until around 2:00 am Friday morning. EKB news will have an updates on this developing story throughout the day Friday.