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Man arrested in Kentucky after shooting of THP trooper – WNKY News 40 Television
(L-R) Trooper Adam Cothron with the Tennessee Highway Patrol (Source:Tennessee Highway Patrol); Braze Rucker, who has been arrested in connection with the shooting of Cothron. (Source: Christian County Jail).
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. – A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper.
According to THP, the Kentucky State Police apprehended Braze Rucker in Princeton on Sunday morning after a trooper was shot on Interstate 40.
During the incident Friday, authorities say trooper Adam Cothron was injured in a shooting that involved a vehicle occupied by two people. THP says one of those people, Rucker, was a passenger in the vehicle.
Early Sunday morning, troopers stated Cothron was in critical condition.
The search is ongoing for the other occupant of the Kia Forte involved in the shooting.
Rucker remains at the Christian County Jail.