PRESTONBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT, KY
OFFICER JACOB CHAFFINS
END OF WATCH: JULY 1, 2022

OFFICER JACOB RUSSELL CHAFFINS, 28, PASSED AWAY IN HUNTINGTON, WV. JACOB CHAFFINS WAS A PRESTONBURG CITY POLICE OFFICER, A MEMBER OF THE PRESTONBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT, A SERGEANT IN THE NATIONAL GUARD, AN EMT, AND A US MARSHALL. 
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SAVANNAH AND DAUGHTER PAISLEY. 

OFFICER JACOB CHAFFINS ALONG WITH CAPTAIN RALPH FRASURE, AND DEPUTY WILLIAM PETRY, OF FLOYD CO SHERIFF'S OFFICE, WERE SHOT AND KILLED IN ALLEN BY A SUBJECT WHO WAS WANTED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENSES.

SEVERAL WARRANTS AND A PROTECTIVE ORDER HAD BEEN ISSUED FOR THE MAN AFTER HE ASSAULTED A FAMILY MEMBER. AS TWO FLOYD CO DEPUTIES ARRIVED AT THE MAN'S HOME TO SERVE THE WARRANTS THE MAN OPENED FIRE. NUMEROUS JURISDICTIONS RESPONDED TO ASSIST FOLLOWING THE INITIAL SHOOTING. THE MAN FIRED HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS FROM PREPOSITIONED FIREARMS THROUGHOUT THE HOME.

DEPUTY PETRY & CAPT FRASURE WERE KILLED DURING THE INCIDENT. OFFICER CHAFFINS SUCCUMBED TO HIS WOUNDS THE FOLLOWING DAY.  THREE OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THE DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WERE WOUNDED.

K9 DRAGO, ALSO OF THE FLOYD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS KILLED IN THE INCIDENT.