Chief Randy Lacy

End of Watch: Wed, Jun 13th, 2007

Date of Incident: Wed, Jun 13th, 2007

Cause of Death: Gunfire (Intentional)

Service Time: 23 years

Age: 55

Incident

Chief Lacy was shot and killed by a prisoner who was sitting in the back seat of his patrol car.

Chief Lacy was transporting a suspect that had been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. The prisoner was able to produce a gun and shot the chief in the back of the head.

The suspect was taken into custody following the shooting.

This was the second fatal shooting involving law enforcement officers in Powell County; Sheriff Steve Bennett and Deputy Arthur Briscoe were killed while trying to arrest a man in 1992.

Agency

Clay City Police Department

P.O. Box 506

Clay City, Kentucky 40380

(606) 663-2834

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Left by Tabitha A. Pitman on Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

Dear Mr. Lacy, Thank you for your service,and loyalty. Thank you for the sacrifices you have made both personally, and professionally .Thank you for honor,valor, dignity,and loyalty.May you rest in the arms of the lord,and rest eternally in peace.I pray that your family, and friends are comforted by Gods undying love, and by what a wonderful example of compassion you have shown.God Bless you, and keep you. Sincerely Tabitha A. Pitman