80-year-old man dead after officer-involved shooting in Nelson County

The Kentucky State Police is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Nelson County.

According to KSP Post Four, the preliminary investigation by the KSP Critical Incident Response Team indicates that an employee of the Nelson County Humane Society called 911 Wednesday afternoon “after an individual became disorderly inside the premises and threatened them with a firearm.” The individual, identified as 80-year-old Norman Perkins of New Haven, left the premises and began travelling north on U.S. 31E toward Bardstown.

Deputies with the Nelson County Sheriff’s Office located Perkins’s vehicle a short time later heading east on Bloomfield Road. A traffic stop was initiated, but Perkins refused to yield. Perkins then pulled over into the parking lot of a gas station located on the 600 block of Bloomfield Road. The KSP says when two deputies attempted to make contact with Perkins, he raised and pointed a firearm at them. Both deputies discharged their weapons, striking Perkins, who died due to his injuries after first aid was attempted.

The KSP’s investigation is ongoing.