On the morning of November 14, 2012, 31-year-old Marion County Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Anthony Rakes was killed while investigating a disabled vehicle on U.S. 68 near Lebanon, Kentucky. Around 2:00 a.m., as Deputy Rakes approached the car, the driver opened fire with a small-caliber handgun, striking him. Rakes returned fire and radioed dispatch after being wounded, then was taken to Spring View Hospital in Lebanon where he died during surgery; an autopsy recorded two gunshot wounds.

The shooter was identified as 49-year-old Dewayne Shipp of Breckinridge County. Earlier that night Shipp’s mother had reported her son had stolen her car, was armed, and was heading to his ex-wife and daughter. A search located the 2007 Kia and Shipp; he was arrested in Campbellsville with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his leg and charged with murder.

Deputy Rakes, a six-year Marion County deputy who had previously spent two years with the Lebanon Police Department, was remembered as a quiet, well-liked officer who had long wanted a law enforcement career. Did anyone in the area see the stopped vehicle or the Kia that night?