Posted: 3/28/2005 2:46:05 AM EDT
Sgt Kevin Kight of the Panama City Beach Police Department was fatally shot four times last night, about 2200 CST. He was on a routine traffic stop and the 22 year old piece of trash he stopped apparently didn't want to go to jail for his suspended drivers license. I have no more information right now, except that Sgt Kight leaves behind a wife and 4 year old son.  More tonight when I get back to work. |
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Thoughts and prayers for Sgt. Kight's family Panama City Beach officer killed; suspected gang member arrested Associated Press PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. - A Wisconsin man, his body covered with gang-related tattoos, was arrested Monday and charged with the Easter Sunday shooting death of a police officer in this resort city, authorities said. Sgt. Kevin Kight, 34, was shot twice shortly before 10:30 p.m. during a traffic stop along a busy street lined with beachfront hotels and condominiums crowded with spring break visitors, said Deputy Police Chief David Humphreys. He died on the way to a hospital. Investigators were interviewing several witnesses and two young men who had been with the suspect, Robert J. Bailey, 22, of Milwaukee, before the shooting. Humphreys was unsure why Bailey was in the Florida Panhandle but said he has a criminal record and apparently is not a college student. "He's a gangbanger," Humphreys said. "It's written all over him, literally." Kight stopped Bailey's car and checked his driver's license at an intersection near the Holiday Inn Sunspree, which is popular among spring break visitors. The officer discovered the license was invalid but when he attempted to make an arrest Bailey pulled out a handgun and shot him, Humphreys said. A man had left Bailey's car before the shooting began. Police found him and an associate early Monday at a motel several miles west of the shooting scene, Humphreys said. A Bay County sheriff's deputy then spotted Bailey on foot near that motel and arrested him. Kight was married and the father of a 4-year-old son. He had worked for the Panama City Beach Police Department for six years and had prior law enforcement experience in Ohio, Humphreys said. It was not known if Bailey has an attorney. www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/state/11250662.htm |
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For anyone in the vicinity that wishes to attend... Viewing will be held on Wednesday night from 1800-2000 at Sutherland funeral home in Panama City. The Funeral Services will be on Thursday at 1400 at first Baptist Church (Cobb Road), Panama City Beach, with a procession to follow to Kent-Forest Lawn Cemetary in Panama City. |
