PHELPS, Ky. — Authorities say a state trooper in eastern Kentucky was investigating an assault complaint when he shot and killed a man.
Kentucky State Trooper Steven Mounts says in a news release that 32-year-old John Casey was killed Sunday morning in the Phelps community of Pike County.
Mounts says Casey threw a rock that struck a trooper’s face, then reached into his pocket to retrieve an object that turned out to be a beer can.
Mounts says Casey’s actions prompted the trooper to fire his weapon. Casey was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was sent to Frankfort for an autopsy.
