Kentucky man fatally shoots deputy during interrogation smoke break

A Kentucky man who was being questioned by authorities at a sheriff’s workplace fatally shot one of many deputies interviewing him throughout a cigarette break, police mentioned.

Calloway County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jody Money died Could 16 after Gary Rowland, 30, shot him with a hid handgun, Kentucky State Police mentioned in a information launch Friday.

Rowland was fatally shot by a second deputy who had additionally been questioning him, the discharge mentioned.

Rowland had earlier been arrested on excellent warrants for drug, firearm and different crimes. After being taken to the Marshall County Sheriff’s Workplace in western Kentucky, Money and the second deputy — who had been serving on a DEA activity pressure — started interviewing him for an investigation unrelated to the warrants, in response to the information launch.

When Rowland requested for a cigarette break, the deputies escorted him exterior. Whereas standing in entrance of the sheriff’s workplace, Rowland fired at Money, hanging him, the discharge says.

Officers didn’t say the place Rowland had hidden the weapon or how he’d stored it after being arrested.

Two different deputies returned fireplace, hitting Rowland, the assertion says. Money and Rowland had been pronounced useless at a neighborhood hospital.

Money had served 22 years in legislation enforcement, together with with the Kentucky State Police and the Calloway County Sheriff’s Workplace.

In an announcement obtained by NBC affiliate WPSD after Money’s loss of life, Calloway County Sheriff Nicky Knight referred to as him a “pricey good friend” who he’d identified all through Money’s profession. He recalled Money’s son taking part in “Faucets” throughout annual memorials honoring useless officers.

“As a father of three myself, I might all the time look over at Jody watching his son play and the look of delight he had was inspiring,” the mentioned. “That picture will ceaselessly stay in my thoughts. Within the years to return at this ceremony, I’ve little doubt he’ll nonetheless be standing at consideration, nonetheless beaming with delight.”