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Name Not Disclosed

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/15/2024

Location : 1101 Housman St

City : Mayfield

County : Graves

State : Kentucky

Agency : Mayfield Police Department, Graves County Sheriff’s Office, SWAT

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during arrest

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/15/2024, at approximately 10:00 p.m., a Graves County sheriff’s deputy located a man at the Wingfield Inn, 1101 West Housman Street in Mayfield, after the Benton County Sheriff’s Office in Tennessee notified Kentucky authorities that he had left the Benton County Courthouse during jury deliberations and might be in the Mayfield area. The Tennessee court had been trying him on charges involving rape of a child, incest and domestic assault. After he left the courthouse, authorities obtained a nationwide extraditable warrant for felony failure to appear. He also reportedly sent communications stating that he intended to kill himself.
The Graves County deputy identified the man after he emerged from a motel room near the vehicle described by Tennessee authorities. The deputy attempted to arrest him, and the two struggled outside the room. The man broke away, returned through the doorway and barricaded himself inside. Additional Graves County deputies and Mayfield police officers arrived, creating a brief standoff outside the room.
The man subsequently opened the motel-room door and came outside holding a handgun. Graves County Sheriff Jon Hayden reported that he pointed the weapon toward the assembled deputies and Mayfield officers. Police fired multiple rounds, striking him. The Graves County coroner pronounced him dead at the motel. Body cameras worn by officers recorded the encounter, and investigators secured the recordings as evidence.
Both the Graves County Sheriff’s Office and Mayfield Police Department requested an independent investigation by the Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team. Two Graves County deputies who fired or were directly involved were placed on paid administrative leave. Despite the involvement of officers from two agencies and the existence of body-camera recordings, the agencies did not publicly identify the officers or the man who was killed in the releases associated with the investigation.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kentuckystatepolice.ky.gov/news/cirt-8-16-2024
https://www.radionwtn.com/2024/08/17/details-of-fatal-shooting-released-suspect-earlier-fled-benton-co-courthouse/
https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article291136770.html
https://www.kfvs12.com/2024/08/16/deadly-officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-mayfield/
https://www.kbsi23.com/news/1-dead-in-officer-involved-shooting-in-mayfield/