Suspect in Ky. Trooper's Shooting Killed

The suspect in the fatal shooting of a Kentucky state trooper was shot and killed early Monday after a massive manhunt, NBC News reported. 

Police said 25-year-old Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks of Missouri was shot by police Monday morning when he refused to drop his weapon. He died at a hospital.

Authorities said Johnson-Shanks shot and killed Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder after a nine-mile pursuit late Sunday.

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