Eerie, Weird, and Sad

Tonight I watched, for the first time in ages, America's Most Wanted on TV. I was just flipping through and it seemed like it might be good to watch. There was a story with a Kentucky connexion, of a fugitive white-supremicist/survivalist with lots of ammo (click on S. A.'s picture). Scary. I'd heard a little bit about the case but wasn't sure if he'd been captured yet or not. They played some of the short-wave broadcasts he'd made. Very scary, that the guy next door could feel that way about other people and be sitting on top of an arsenal.

Tonight at 7:15 pm, a sheriff who had appeared on the programme, Sam Catron, was shot to death as he left a political rally/fish fry. According to our local news, he was killed by a suspect with a high-powered rifle who then fled on a motorcycle but was chased by volunteer firemen who had attended the rally and was captured and arrested. They have not released the name of the suspect.

Apparently Sheriff Catron's father, the police chief for Somerset, Ky. was the last law enforcement officer in Pulaski county to die in the line of duty.

It's a shame that this happened. At least they caught a suspect--let's hope it's the right person, whoever that may be.