On the evening of Monday, May 16, 2022, 24-year-old volunteer firefighter Jacob Tyler McClanahan stopped on Highway 135 in Palmyra, Indiana, to help a stranded motorist. The motorist, 31-year-old Justin Moore of Owensboro, Kentucky, reportedly produced a shotgun and aimed at Palmyra Reserve Officer Zachary Holly. Moore’s shot struck McClanahan, who was fatally wounded. Officer Holly returned fire and Moore was killed at the scene. The Harrison County Prosecutor’s Office later determined the officer’s use of deadly force was justified.

McClanahan lived in Corydon and worked as a truck driver for the Harrison County Highway Department. He volunteered with multiple local fire departments, including Ramsey, Harrison Township, New Middleton Township, and Leavenworth. The governor ordered flags in Harrison County flown at half-staff; hundreds attended his funeral and the procession to Cedar Hill Cemetery. A stretch of State Road 135 where the shooting occurred has been named the Jacob T. McClanahan Memorial Mile in his honor.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or the events on Highway 135 that night, can you share what you saw?