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A Kentucky man used a hidden gun to shoot and kill a sheriff’s deputy who let him go exterior to smoke after an arrest final month.
Gary Rowland, 30, was arrested on May 16 on medicine and firearm-related warrants, in addition to absconding from parole.
A multi-agency crew was interviewing him about an hour after the arrest as a part of a separate investigation on the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office, when Rowland requested if he may go exterior to smoke.
Calloway County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jody Cash was shot and killed by a suspect with a hid gun.
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“While smoking, Mr. Rowland produced a handgun, which had been hid on his particular person, firing it within the path of and hanging [Calloway County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jody Cash],” the Kentucky State Police stated on Friday following an investigation.
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Other deputies returned fireplace and wounded Rowland. Both Rowland and Cash had been transported to a neighborhood hospital, the place they had been pronounced deceased.
Gary Rowland was let exterior of the Mashall County Sheriff’s Office to smoke when he pulled a gun out and fatally shot Deptuy Jody Cash.
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Deputy Cash’s 22-year profession in regulation enforcement included stints with the Kentucky State Police, the Murray State University Police Department, and the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office.
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“This deputy has paid the last word sacrifice as we speak whereas serving our commonwealth,” Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear stated on the time. “Let us honor the life, bravery and service of this deputy.”
