On the evening of June 30, 2022, Captain Ralph Harlow Frasure, 60, of the Prestonsburg Police Department was killed in an ambush in Allen, Kentucky. He was part of a team attempting to serve a domestic violence protective order at a Main Street residence when the subject of the order, Lance Storz, opened fire. Officers reported hundreds of rounds fired from firearms positioned around the house; the attack became a prolonged standoff.

Captain Frasure and Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputy William Petry were fatally wounded during the initial assault. Another officer, Jacob Chaffins, died of his wounds the next day. A police K-9, Drago, was also killed, and three other officers plus the director of emergency management were wounded. Storz was taken into custody after several hours and charged with multiple counts, including murder of a police officer, attempted murder of a police officer, and assaulting a service animal.

Frasure was a 39-year veteran of the Prestonsburg Police Department and served as a School Resource Officer at Prestonsburg High School. If anyone has information about that night or knew Captain Frasure, please come forward with what you remember.