The Calloway County deputy shot and killed Monday afternoon in Marshall County was a former Kentucky State Police Trooper and was chief deputy of the Calloway County Sheriff’s Office.
The Kentucky State Police Critical Incident Response Team is investigating the double shooting that occurred Monday afternoon at approximately 2:10 in Benton and resulted in the death of 44-year-old Jody Cash.
Cash was a longtime Kentucky State Trooper, serving with the agency from 2011 until 2018, and rising to the rank of sergeant.
Cash was killed when he exchanged gunfire with an as of yet unidentified suspect in front of the Marshall County Sheriff’s Office. The male suspect was also killed.
Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins, also a former state trooper, wrote on the GCSO’s Facebook page:
“Jody was one of a kind. One of the best K.S.P. Troopers ever!! RIP hero!”
Cash, who also served with the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office and the Murray State University Police Department, graduated from KSP Academy Class #89 as Valedictorian, according to Kentucky Going Blue.
(Photo: Calloway Co. Chief Deputy Jody Cash)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
