A 45-year-old Georgetown, Kentucky, man has been arrested for shooting and killing a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 75 in Scott County.
According to Fayette County spokesman Maj. Matt Lemonds, Steve Sheangshang was been charged with the murder of 35-year-old Scott County Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Conley.
Lexington Police said Sheangshang had already been featured as Bluegrass Crime Stoppers’ Most Wanted Person of the Week on May 18 for unlawfully entering and burglarizing a garage. He was wanted on two warrants for second degree burglary.
Just before 5 p.m. on Monday, near Georgetown, Deputy Conley initiated a traffic stop on Sheangshang, according to the Scott County Sheriff’s Office. At some point during the traffic stop, Sheangshang allegedly shot Conley and drove off.
Police said Conley was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
According to Lexington police, about an hour later, just before 6 p.m., Sheangshang shot a man in the abdomen at the Rose & Jim’s Bar & Grill on Georgetown Road in Lexington. He then allegedly stole that victim’s vehicle.
The victim was rushed to surgery at UK Hospital. His current condition is not known.
Police were able to use license plate readers and traffic cameras to track the stolen vehicle to Whitney Avenue in Lexington, and Sheangshang was arrested at a nearby home.
With regard to the shooting of Deputy Conley, Sheangshang is charged with murder of a police officer, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon, burglary, theft of an automobile, wanton endangerment and fleeing/evading police in Scott County.
With regard to the subsequent shooting at the the Rose & Jim’s Bar & Grill, he is charged with first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and tampering with physical evidence, in Fayette County.
He is also charged with two warrants for second-degree burglary that were already outstanding before the shootings occurred.
Source: WDRB
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