Lance Storz arrested after three cops, K9 killed in Kentucky shootout

Three Kentucky cops and a police canine have been killed and a minimum of 4 different officers have been damage in a shootout at a house of what cops referred to as a “terrorist on a mission.”

Lance Storz, 49, was taken into custody after an virtually 5 hour standoff with officers who had confirmed up at his door in rural Prestonburg with a warrant for his arrest in a home violence incident, based on stories.

Storz, who was armed with a rifle, opened hearth and hit two officers within the Thursday night incident, Kentucky State Police stated.

Prestonburg Police Capt. Ralph Frasure and Deputy William Petry have been killed, together with K9 Nelson and Canine Handler Jacob Chaffins, authorities stated.

The state of affairs escalated rapidly, as Storz barricaded himself inside the house together with his spouse and daughter and saved firing at responding officers, cops stated.

The deputies referred to as for backup and several other companies responded, together with state police, officers from neighboring counties and a SWAT staff.

“They encountered … pure hell after they arrived. That they had no probability,” Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt advised reporters. Deputies had not even made contact with the suspected shooter when the gunfire started, he famous.

The shooter apparently had a plan and “just about executed that plan virtually to precision,” Hunt stated, including it took a number of hours to determine the place the gunman was firing from.

“(The suspect) was a sheer terrorist … he was only a terrorist on a mission,” the sheriff stated.

Floyd County Lawyer Keith Bartley stated Friday morning: “These are human beings. These are individuals with youngsters, spouses, mothers and dads, their world won’t ever be the identical.”

The standoff ended with the suspect being taken into police custody, WMDJ reported. His spouse and daughter have been unhurt.

One deputy who took cowl beneath a working patrol car ended up with carbon monoxide poisoning.

A number of officers from completely different companies have been shot and delivered to native hospitals. 4 to 6 officers have been shot in whole, based on native stories.

Storz, who’s in jail in Pike County, is subsequent due in court docket July 11.