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\nA 45-year-old Georgetown, Kentucky, man has been arrested for shooting and killing a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 75 in Scott County.<\/p>\n
\nA 45-year-old Georgetown, Kentucky, man has been arrested for shooting and killing a Kentucky sheriff’s deputy on Interstate 75 in Scott County.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Police said Conley was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The victim was rushed to surgery at UK Hospital. His current condition is not known.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
He is also charged with two warrants for second-degree burglary that were already outstanding before the shootings occurred.
\nSource: WDRB<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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