Investigation underway after KSP trooper shoots, kills man

Kentucky State Police said the shooting happened before 11 p.m. on Sunday near a home west of Cynthiana on Kentucky 36.

According to a news release, troopers were responding to a disturbance where 50-year-old Ramon Morales was allegedly refusing to leave. Investigators said Morales left the area in a white Chevrolet van before they arrived.

Later, a vehicle matching the description of Morales’s crashed into another car on KY-36 and was leaving the scene of that collision

According to KSP, a trooper located Morales standing on the shoulder of the roadway in front of the home of the disturbance complaint.

During the interaction, the trooper shot Morales. The trooper reportedly provided life-saving measures until EMS arrived, who took him to the hospital.

Morales later died from his injuries.

No officers were hurt.