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Updated: 4:48 PM Oct 31, 2008
Officer Released From Hospital
A Floyd County police officer who was attacked with a knife, is out of the hospital. Posted: 7:10 AM Oct 30, 2008Reporter: Angela Sparkman Email Address: angela.sparkman@wymtnews.com |
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Update: Friday, October 31st
A Floyd County police officer who was attacked with a knife, is out of the hospital.
Officials say Martin Police Sergeant Brian Ratliff and State Police Trooper Isaac Whitaker were responding to a disturbance call when they were attacked. They say 38 year old James Rederick came at them with a knife, cutting Ratliff on the throat. Officers say they fired at Rederick in self defense.
Whitaker is on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation.
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A man is dead and an eastern Kentucky police officer recovers from stab wounds.
Investigators are shedding light on what happened overnight in Floyd County.
Investigators say James Rederick lunged at a state trooper and a Martin Police sergeant with a knife.
That's when both officers shot at Rederick.
The incident has some neighbors on edge.
Martin City Police say callers reported a man throwing rocks at cars by the Pepry Apartments.
Police went to check it out and that's when the man attacked them.
Brenda Hall says she was asleep in her apartment and didn't know any thing was wrong until she heard gunshots.
“We woke to a bang. That's the only thing a large bang. Didn't realize what it was. Sat up in bed and saw all of the flashing lights,” Brenda Hall said.
She says police were at her next door neighbor's.
“We could hear them yell and tell somebody to get on the ground,” Hall said.
Police say the man, 38-year-old James Rederick, stabbed Martin City Police Sergeant Brian Ratliff in the neck.
Then both Ratliff and Trooper Isaac Whitacker, shot him.
Police say Rederick was in his doorway when the officers approached him.
After the shooting, Rederick died and Sergeant Ratliff is expected to survive.
According to police, Rederick has a criminal history, but do not know why he stabbed the officer.
Hall says he acted agitated the last few days.
Hall says she does not know if she'll be able to sleep tonight.
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MY HEART AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE 2 OFFICERS INVOLVED ..I HOPE THEY BOTH CAN DEAL WITH THE PAIN AND SUUFERING THEY ARE GOING THROUGH ...BUT,IN CASE MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE YOUNG MAN THAT WAS KILLED BY THESE 2 OFFICERS IS THE SON OF A RETIRED KY STATE TROOPER ....AND MY HEART TRULY GOES OUT TO HIS FAMILY ....PEOPLE NEED TO WALK IN OTHERS SHOES BEFORE LYING JUDGEMENT ON ONE ANOTHER..BUT GOD IS TO MAKE JUDGEMENT NOT THE PEOPLE OF THE PUBLIC...
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this is a crock..if it were a police officer or his son that was killed in cold blood someone would be in jail.but this is floyd co and we the people here know that it is who you know in the court house that gets you by with a crime here..if that were my son they killed i would head straight to frankfort ky..if he would have robbed a bank they would never had killed him.they would have made sure he went to prison.and they say the officers may need conseling ..shhh they will never lose a min sleep.this is there way of getting by with it..but once again this is floyd co..i would go to my grave to see that they paid for my sons death.to the family that loss there son..my heart goes out to you all.they would have to kill me like they did him if that were my son.get a lawyer out of this area.make them suffer like he did..but beleave this they will get by with it cause there in floyd co..
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To the former Officer: Since you are a former officer then you couldn't have either of them as a partner. I guess you can see the future and would have know you were about to get cut. You weren't there so do not judge them without knowing the exact details of what went on in that situation. DON'T judge until you've been there and in their shoes. BTW why are you a former officer.
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