Overview
- Kentucky State Trooper Hayden Phillips was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Interstate 65 in Warren County on Monday while he was on patrol.
- Authorities issued a Blue Alert for a bluish-gray 2025 Honda Civic with temporary tag TN018596 and identified 51-year-old Emonnie Branch as the armed and dangerous suspect.
- Louisville Metro Police used a grappler device to stop the vehicle and took Branch into custody the same evening, and the Blue Alert was later canceled.
- Branch was arraigned in Warren County, charged with murder of a first responder, ordered held without bond and faces extradition and a preliminary hearing this Friday.
- Kentucky State Police say Phillips’ body-worn camera captured the shooting, the criminal probe remains active, and funeral services, flags at half-staff and a fund for the trooper’s family have been announced.