GEORGETOWN, Ky. (AP) - Authorities have identified a man who was fatally shot when police said he approached a Kentucky deputy in an “aggressive manner” with a weapon.
Chester T. McDonald, 44, was shot multiple times and pronounced dead at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Scott County Coroner John Goble said Wednesday.
A Scott County sheriff’s deputy was responding to a report of a physical assault involving a gun when he encountered McDonald, who was armed and refused to drop the weapon, the sheriff’s office public information officer Sgt. Eddie Hart said in a statement.
Kentucky State Police Trooper Stu Jackson told WKYT-TV that the man “approached the deputy in an incredibly aggressive manner” and the deputy fired multiple shots, striking and killing the man.
Jackson called the initial report a “domestic incident,” and Hart said McDonald was allegedly pointing a gun at witnesses outside in the street.
The deputy, who was not named, was placed on administrative leave, Hart said. Kentucky State Police’s Critical Incident Response Team was investigating the shooting.
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