A suspect is dead after an overnight shootout with three police officers in Leitchfield, Kentucky.
It all started just after 11:00 p.m. at the Shell gas station on Main Street.
Officer Brandon Brooks was inside the business when an ambulance worker noticed a man outside the building with a rifle.
He alerted Officer Brooks who came outside and ordered the suspect to drop the weapon.
That didn't happen so Officer Brooks called for backup.
Sergeant Jack Holland arrived and traded fire with the suspect.
A third officer, Brandon Cooke, was nearby.
He arrived on the scene and was fired upon.
He returned fire, hitting the suspect several times.
“There's going to be multiple shots because of suspect shooting off shots with a rifle and the officers returning fire so we won't know right away how many shots it is,” said Bruce Reeves, KSP.
The suspect is 31-year-old Brandon Green of Caneyville.
He was airlifted to University Hospital here in Louisville where he later died.
Two of the officers had minor injuries during the shootout, the third was not hurt.
Police say Green has no known criminal history at this time.
