Deputy recovering from shooting incident
The Deputy involved in a shooting in Georgetown, has gone into surgery a second time since being shot.
During a late night confrontation with a fugitive at a rest area. Scott County Sheriff Tony Hampton identified the critically wounded deputy as 28-year-old Jaime Morales, who has been with the Sheriff’s office for about two and a half years.
The shooting occurred late Tuesday, at a rest area along interstate 75. Authorities say the fugitive who was killed during the confrontation, was a suspect in a series of bank robberies in Florida.
Kentucky State Police identified the suspect, as 57 year old Edward Reynolds. The FBI said Wednesday that Reynolds was believed to be a serial bank robber.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in Florida says It had obtained an arrest warrant, for Reynolds, in connection with a bank robbery in Venice, Florida, this past July.
