[Kentucky State Trooper] Joseph Cameron Ponder, who was 31 and had been on the force less than a year, was conducting a traffic stop Sunday night around 10:20 p.m. on Interstate 24 when the driver fled, Kentucky State Police said in a news release.
A chase ensued with the suspect stopping abruptly, causing the trooper’s vehicle to “make contact†with the rear of the suspect’s vehicle, the news release said.
The driver then fired several shots into Ponder’s police cruiser, hitting him several times. Ponder was taken to a hospital, where he died shortly before midnight, the release said.
The suspect, 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks of Missouri, ran away and was found hours later in a rural, wooded area, said Trooper Jay Thomas, a state police spokesman. Johnson-Shanks refused to drop his weapon and was shot by officers, and he later died at a hospital, Thomas said. (read more)
Here’s where things get really interesting. Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks is the same guy who was active in Ferguson ’14 and posted his actions on FaceBook as “Jay MileHigh (JayCardinal)†.
update-1UPDATE – It’s Confirmed – If it’s the same guy, he was deeply involved in the Michael Brown shooting and subsequent protests, riots, looting, arson, etc. and even attended the funeral and graveside services for Michael Brown.
http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2015/09/14/whoa-is-kentucky-cop-killer-joseph-thomas-johnson-shanks-the-same-blm-ferguson-activist-jay-mile-high/
