MARTHA, Ky. (WYMT) -The Kentucky State Police (KSP) Critical Incident Response team was requested by KSP Post 14 in Ashland after a trooper involved shooting.

Troopers say the shooting happened late Saturday evening in Lawrence County.

The preliminary investigation shows Post 14 troopers were working to locate a woman who had active arrest warrants for an assault charge.

Troopers say they received information that the female was at a residence along KY-1715 in Martha, Kentucky.

When troopers arrived on the scene, they were confronted by a man in a different home.

Troopers say that man then told them to “turn their lights off or he would shoot them out.”

Police say he then went back into his home and returned with a firearm. After troopers told the man to put his gun down, he reported

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