LEBANON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky sheriff's deputy has been fatally shot.
Kentucky State Police say it happened when Marion County Deputy Anthony Raikes pulled over a car about 2 a.m. Wednesday. Raikes was shot during the during the traffic stop. He died while undergoing surgery at Springview Hospital.
KSP troopers and Campbellsville Police arrested a suspect later in the morning. He is 49-year-old Dewayne Shipp, of McDaniel, who was taken to Taylor County Hospital to be treated for a leg injury.
Deputy Raikes had been with the Marion County Sheriff's Office for six years and served on the Lebanon Police Department prior to becoming a deputy.
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