In Frankfort, lawmakers in the House stood for a moment of silence after Rep. Thank God for the #ThinBlueLine," Bevin tweeted. "There is no greater sacrifice than that of a person willing to lay down their life for another. Matt Bevin, along with other state officials, took to Twitter to mourn the death of Meacham. Kyle Spurlin, public information officer for the Hopkinsville Police Department, said Kentucky State Police has taken over the investigation of the fatal shooting. Donations can be mailed to that fund at PO Box 1570, Hopkinsville, KY 42241-1570. To help the officer's family, a donation account has been set up with Planters Bank, under the Officer Phillip Meacham’s Memorial Fund. On Friday, Meacham's patrol vehicle was placed in front of the Police Department for citizens to place flowers, cards or other tributes on it. "Officers are never off duty," said Sumner, who was visibly emotional at a news conference Thursday night, and was still wearing a gray pullover from rushing to the scene. Sumner said the Hopkinsville Police Department had already activated mental health professionals and chaplains. When asked what he told Meacham's wife when speaking with her after the shooting, Sumner said he told her, "We'll find him," referring to Decoursey. Police say Decoursey fled on foot before stealing a 1997 white Chevrolet pickup truck.Īuthorities said Decoursey was to be considered armed and dangerous. Meacham was transported to Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, where he died. Police haven't specified what transpired, other than "shortly after that," the suspect, later identified as Decoursey, shot Meacham, police said. Thursday, Meacham, who was off-duty, was driving in his personal vehicle when a man "pretending to be a police officer" pulled over his car. Officer killed by man pretending to be copĪccording to the Hopkinsville Police Department, at 5:10 p.m. "From everything I've heard, they did what they had to do." "And subjects make their own decisions, and sometimes it results in their death." "We make decisions every day to keep people safe," Fuson said. The deputies' names have not been released, and the shooting is under investigation, per standard procedure. Decoursey put these deputies and the marshal in that position," said Montgomery County Sheriff John Fuson.
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