SOMERSET, Ky. — Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron was shot and killed Saturday during a political rally, Kentucky State Police said.

        State police Trooper Craig Sutton said Sheriff Catron was shot about 7:15 p.m. at a political rally and fish fry near Shopville, a community about 10 miles east of Somerset.

        Sheriff Sutton said a suspect was in custody but no other information was immediately available.

        State police had scheduled a news conference for late Saturday night in London.

        Former Pulaski County Sheriff John Adams, who hired Sheriff Catron as a deputy in 1974, said the shooting was “probably the most devastating thing to happen in my life. He's the best deputy I ever had.”

        Sheriff Catron appeared on a segment of America's Most Wanted Saturday about a former militia member who shot at a police officer and fled into the mountains of eastern Kentucky in October. The man, Steve Anderson, is still on the run from authorities.

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