The Associated Press
BOWLING GREEN, Ky.- A police officer in south-central Kentucky was fatally shot Tuesday morning, authorities said.
Kentucky State Police said Master Sgt. David Whitson, was killed in the line of duty after four officers were called to a residence.
A fight broke out and Whitson and Rojelio Gonzalez-Pacheco, 26, were shot. Both were transported to the Medical Center of Bowling Green, where they were pronounced dead, authorities said.
Witnesses near the scene of the shooting said they heard at least four shots fired, The Daily News of Bowling Green reported.
Bowling Green is about 115 miles south of Louisville.