Ky. woman shot by officers before bodies of slain family found, police say
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky. -- Police in southeastern Kentucky say officers shot a woman brandishing a handgun after she allegedly killed her husband and two teenage daughters at their home.
Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell says officers were called to the home of Larry and Courtney Taylor on Friday night after a relative went there to check on the family.
Harrell told The Lexington Herald-Leader that 41-year-old Courtney Taylor pointed a gun at two deputies who arrived at the home. One of the deputies shot her. She was taken to University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Her condition was not known Saturday afternoon.
Harrell confirmed that the victims are Larry Taylor and his two children, 18-year-old Jessie Taylor and a 13-year-old girl, CBS affiliate WKYT reports.
Investigators believe the victims were shot in their beds.
Harrell says they had been dead for several hours before being found.