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KENTUCKY...
(The following is a Press Release from the Kentucky State Police Post9 in Pikeville.)


On Friday August 13, 2010 Pikeville Police Department
responded to a Emergency Protection Order violation at North Mayo Trail
in Pikeville where the suspect was forcibly trying to enter a residence.
The two units were advised by their dispatch that the suspect was
intoxicated and suicidal. As the officers were arriving at the scene
they passed the suspects vehicle coming towards them with no lights on.
Officers turned and pursued the vehicle. The pursuit continued onto
Hurricane Creek road in Pike County where the suspect turned onto a
gravel drive and stopped. As the Police Officers initiated the traffic
stop the suspect immediately reversed his vehicle in a obvious attempt
to strike the officers with his vehicle. At that point the two officers
responded to the threat by firing at the perpetrator striking him
multiple times. The officers removed the suspect from the vehicle and
administered aid until EMS arrived. The suspect was transported to PMC
and then air lifted to Saint Marys Hospital for his injuries.
The names of the two police officers involved and the name of the
suspect is not being released at this time. This incident is still
under investigation by the Kentucky State Police (Post 9).