BARBOURVILLE, Ky. (AP) - One person is dead and police are searching for another after officers exchanged gunfire with suspects in eastern Kentucky while attempting to serve a search warrant, authorities said.
A special response team was trying to serve the warrant Tuesday afternoon in Knox County when shots were fired, a statement from Kentucky State Police said.
One person was fatally wounded in the gunfire and was pronounced dead at the scene by the Knox County Coroner. That person’s identity was not immediately released.
Officers were searching for Joseph ‘Joey’ R. Middleton, 41, of Gray, who was wanted on four counts of attempted murder of a police officer, the statement said. He should be considered armed and dangerous, police said.
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