Police Officer Jason Ellis
Bardstown Police Department, KentuckyEnd of Watch: Saturday, May 25, 2013
Age: 33
Tour: 7 years
Badge #Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/25/2013
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: At large
Tour: 7 years
Badge #Not available
Incident Date: 5/25/2013
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: At large
Police Officer Jason Ellis was shot and killed on an exit ramp from the Bluegrass Parkway shortly before 2:50 am.
A citizen called 911 at 2:53 am to report that an officer and had been fatally struck by a vehicle. A Kentucky State Police trooper responded to the scene and discovered that Officer Ellis had been shot. Officer Ellis was en route home at the time following his shift and was in uniform driving a marked vehicle. It is believed that he may have stopped behind another vehicle on the ramp, but did not radio dispatchers of the stop.
The subject who shot him remains at large.
Officer Ellis had served with the Bardstown Police Department for seven years. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
A citizen called 911 at 2:53 am to report that an officer and had been fatally struck by a vehicle. A Kentucky State Police trooper responded to the scene and discovered that Officer Ellis had been shot. Officer Ellis was en route home at the time following his shift and was in uniform driving a marked vehicle. It is believed that he may have stopped behind another vehicle on the ramp, but did not radio dispatchers of the stop.
The subject who shot him remains at large.
Officer Ellis had served with the Bardstown Police Department for seven years. He is survived by his wife and two sons.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Chief Rick McCubbin
Bardstown Police Department
212 Nelson County Plaza
Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone: (502) 348-6811
Bardstown Police Department
212 Nelson County Plaza
Bardstown, KY 40004
Phone: (502) 348-6811