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Police says fallen deputy was ‘targeted, ambushed’

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Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy dies in shooting; police say he was ‘targeted, ambushed’

WAS AMBUSHED –ND A MARK, WHY DO THEY BELIEVE HE WAS AMBUSHED? MARK: THEY ARE NOT RELEASING ALL THE DETAILS, BUT DEPUTY BRANDON SHIRLEY WAS IN HIS CAR WHEN HE WAS FOUND, WITH HIS UNIFORM ON, AT THIS CAR LOT WHERE HE WAS WORKING AS A SECURITY GUD.AR HE CALLED IN THE SHOOTING HIMSELF, BUT AS RICK AND JENNIFER SAID, WHAT WE’RE ABOUT TO PLAY IS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL >> SHOTS FIRED. SHOTS FIRED. >> WHAT IS YOUR LOCATION? >> 2618 ROCKFORD LN. I’M HIT. I’M HIT >> WHAT IS YOUR LOCATI?ON >> 2618 ROCKFORD LN. RADIO, START E. MS MARK POLICE SAY THIS CALL CAME IN AT FROM DEPUTY BRANDON 2:30 A.M. SHIRLEY. HE WAS WORKING AN OFF-DUTY SECURITY JOB AT ROCKFORD LANE AUTO SALES IN SHIVY.EL >> WE CAN SAY WITH A FEELING OF CONFIDENCE THAT HE WAS TARGETED, AND THAT HE WAS AMBUSHED. AND IT IS JUST SICKENI. MARK: LMPD CHIEF ERIKA SHIELDS WOULD NOT SAY EXACTLY WHY THEY BELIEVE SHIRLEY WAS AMBUSHED. BUT POLICE SAY HE WAS WEARING HIS UNIFORM AND WAS IN HIS PERSONAL TRUCK WHEN POCE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. >>FT A RECEIVING LIFE SUPPORT ASSISTANCE FMRO RESPONDING LMPD DAN SHIVELY OFFICERS, AND EMS AT THE SCENE, HE WAS RUSHED TO UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL. MARK: LMPD OFFICERS AND SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WAITED OUTSIDE WHILE SHIRLEY UNDERWTEN SURGERY. >> SADLY, HIS WOUN PROVED TO BE TOO EXTENSIVE, AND HE DID NOT SURVIVE. MARK: WITH THE HUNT ON FOR SHIRLEY’S KILLERS, FEDERAL AGENTS JOINED LOCAL POLICE AT THE SCENE. >> I HE REQUESTED LMPD TO CONDUCT THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS TRAGIC, SENSELESS INCIDENT, WITH THE FULL SUPPORT OF MY OFFICE. MARK: SHIELDS WOULD NOT SAY WHETHER SHIRLEY WAS ABLE TO FIRE BACK, OR WHETHER HE WAS WEARING A BULLET PROOF VT. >> I THINK THAT FOR POLICE, IF SOMEONE IS REALLY DETERMINED TO KILL YOU, THEY ARE GOING TO KILL YOU. AND THAT WAS THE CASE HERE. MARK AS YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME, : ROCKFORD LANE IS NOW BACK OPEN AFTER BEING CLOSED FOR ABOUT 12 HOURS. THE POLICE HAVE LEFT AND THOSE TWO VEHICLES WE SHOWED YOU WERE TOWED AWAY A SHORT WHILE AGO. LIVE IN SHIVELY, MARK VAND

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Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy dies in shooting; police say he was ‘targeted, ambushed’

A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy has died after being “targeted and ambushed” by gunfire in Shively.According to JCSO, Brandon Shirley, 26, was working an off-duty security detail at a used car lot when he was shot inside his vehicle.The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Rockford Lane Auto Sales, which is near Western High School.After the shooting, he was rushed to UofL Hospital, where he was immediately taken into emergency surgery. His wounds were too extensive, and he did not survive.As of now, the shooter or shooters have not been captured. LMPD Chief Erika Shields said they have a couple of potential suspects, but cannot say more as they are playing this “close to the vest” to ensure an arrest and a conviction.“He was targeted, and he was ambushed. It is just sickening. We will make an arrest,” she said Thursday.JCSO Sheriff John Aubrey said Shirley joined the department working at the courthouse in March 2019. He graduated from the police academy that December. Aubrey said at the department’s last awards program, he received the Medal of Valor for his assistance in the fatal shooting of Tyler Gerth at Jefferson Square Park during last year’s civil unrest.”Everybody liked him. He was a good person, he was good to be around,” Major George Grissom said.Shirley’s body was escorted by several fellow officers around 3 p.m. on Thursday to a funeral home on Dixie Highway.His funeral plans have not yet been released.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —

A Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy has died after being “targeted and ambushed” by gunfire in Shively.

According to JCSO, Brandon Shirley, 26, was working an off-duty security detail at a used car lot when he was shot inside his vehicle.

The shooting happened around 2:30 a.m. at the Rockford Lane Auto Sales, which is near Western High School.

After the shooting, he was rushed to UofL Hospital, where he was immediately taken into emergency surgery. His wounds were too extensive, and he did not survive.

As of now, the shooter or shooters have not been captured. LMPD Chief Erika Shields said they have a couple of potential suspects, but cannot say more as they are playing this “close to the vest” to ensure an arrest and a conviction.

“He was targeted, and he was ambushed. It is just sickening. We will make an arrest,” she said Thursday.

JCSO Sheriff John Aubrey said Shirley joined the department working at the courthouse in March 2019. He graduated from the police academy that December.

Aubrey said at the department’s last awards program, he received the Medal of Valor for his assistance in the fatal shooting of Tyler Gerth at Jefferson Square Park during last year’s civil unrest.

“Everybody liked him. He was a good person, he was good to be around,” Major George Grissom said.

Shirley’s body was escorted by several fellow officers around 3 p.m. on Thursday to a funeral home on Dixie Highway.

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Deputy’s casket draped in the American flag

His funeral plans have not yet been released.