KSP investigates deadly officer-involved shooting in Jessamine Co.

JESSAMINE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Kentucky State Police are assisting in a deadly officer-involved shooting in Jessamine County.

According to a news release, KSP was requested by Nicholasville Police Department to investigate an officer-involved shooting that happened just before 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

KSP Post 7 (Richmond) Troopers and Detectives, and the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT), responded to the scene along the 200 block of Green Street in Nicholasville for a barricaded, suicidal male subject.

A male subject was taken to a local hospital for treatment. He later died from his injuries.

The victim has been identified as Desman LaDuke, 22. An autopsy has been set for Sunday in Frankfort at the State Medical Examiner’s Office

The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.

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