On Saturday, December 14, 2024 around 5:00pmET, the TCSO was dispatched to Pops Road after someone complained that 31-year-old Cody Travis Laytart of Campbellsville had shot at him.
Sheriff Benningfield responded to the scene, exited his auto and was talking to the caller, when four shots were fired. The Sheriff and Deputy Josh Durbin, who was next to arrive on-scene, discovered four bullet holes in the back of Sheriff Benningfield's vehicle.
Cody Laytart was located and arrested, but not before threatening to hurt and even kill Sheriff Benningfield and Deputy Durbin. Laytart spit in the face of the deputy and kicked the back window of his cruiser, knocking it off track.
Laytart was lodged in the Taylor County Detention Center on Attempted Murder, Resisting Arrest, and Assault charges. He was also charged with Alcohol Intoxication in a Public Place, Violating Conditions of Release, Criminal Mischief 2nd degree, and Terroristic Threatening 2nd degree.
KSP, who also responded, is investigating the incident.
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