Oh Kentucky

Boy gets his first full night’s sleep after cops kill his abusive, gun-wielding father https://t.co/2vsbXr8nRV pic.twitter.com/ShE8zrewnt

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It was Bonnie Higdon’s birthday on Wednesday. But instead of celebrating, her husband woke up angry. Christopher Higdon, 66, took his anger out by shooting at the couple’s television. Then he began shooting at Bonnie, who called 911.

But when Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins and Maj. Corey Knochel arrived Bonnie said her husband of 40 years had already decided he was going to take them on.

“I said, ‘Chris, you know police have got more powerful guns than you got,’ because he just had a little rifle. He said, ‘Well, I’ll kill those sons of [expletive] before they should kill me.’ I said, ‘OK, good luck.’ And that’s all I said,” she told WLKY. Her husband then walked outside and opened fire on the officers.

Chaffins fired back, shooting Higdon three times and killing him.