Officer involved shooting in Hardin County  

The Kentucky State Police (KSP) investigates an officer involved shooting in Hardin County.

UPDATE: Elizabethtown, KY. July 17, 2018 –Kentucky State Police Post 4 release the names from the July 13, 2018 officer involved shooting in Hardin County. The officer involved was Deputy Henry Volentine, an eight year veteran with the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect is Ronald Chowning, 25 of Elizabethtown. The case will be turned over to the Hardin County Commonwealth Attorney for review upon the conclusion of the investigation.

Elizabethtown, KY. July 13, 2018 – The Kentucky State Police (KSP) investigates an officer involved shooting in Hardin County.  On July 12, 2018 at approximately 5:45 P.M. EDT, KSP Post 4 received a request from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office to investigate an officer involved shooting that had occurred on Mountain View Estates Road in Hardin County.  The preliminary investigation revealed that a Hardin County Deputy Sheriff had initiated a traffic stop on a subject identified to have several felony warrants. As the deputy attempted to take the suspect into custody, he refused, and attempted to flee in the vehicle he was operating. A single gunshot was discharged in the process, striking the subject. A short pursuit ensued, ending on Lower Colesburg Road. The subject was later taken into custody and transported to University of Louisville Hospital for non-life threatening injuries. The case is still under investigation by KSP Post 4 investigators.