On a late June evening in Smithia, Kentucky, Deputy Sheriff Roger Dale Lynch, 51, responded to a 911 call from an 18-year-old woman reporting a violent fight between her parents. Lynch, a U.S. Army veteran who had served five years with the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department, arrived at a Gillahan Road residence and attempted to de-escalate the situation, initially using pepper spray.

The situation turned deadly when the male suspect produced a rifle and shot Deputy Lynch multiple times. Lynch returned fire once with his service weapon, fatally striking the suspect in the chest. Deputy Lynch was mortally wounded and died at the scene; the 18-year-old caller was also wounded during the exchange. Investigators later found more than 50 guns in the home and the suspect had a loaded handgun and three extra clips on his person. No arrest was made in connection with Lynch’s death because the shooter was killed at the scene.

Did anyone in the community know about concerns at that Gillahan Road residence before the shooting?