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Kentucky authorities say Kentucky trooper killed by Missouri man, suspect killed

September 14, 2015 By Mike Lear

A Missouri man who fatally shot a Kentucky State Trooper has been fatally shot by authorities in that state, according to the Kentucky State Police.

Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder was fatally shot by Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks (right) late Sunday night, according to Kentucky authorities.

Kentucky State Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder was fatally shot by Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks (right) late Sunday night, according to Kentucky authorities.

Police say 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks of Missouri shot 31-year-old Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder after Johnson-Shanks drove off during a traffic stop. Ponder died in a Princeton, Kentucky, hospital shortly before midnight.

Johnson-Shanks left his vehicle and ran from the scene. He was found in a wooded area near Interstate 24 around 7 a.m., and trooper shot him after he refused an order to drop his gun. He died more than an hour later at a hospital.

Ponder had been a trooper less than a year. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.

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