Off-duty sheriff's deputy, 26, is shot dead after being 'targeted and ambushed' ...

Off-duty sheriff's deputy, 26, is shot dead after being 'targeted and ambushed' ...
Off-duty sheriff's deputy, 26, is shot dead after being 'targeted and ambushed' ...
Off-duty sheriff's deputy, 26, is shot dead after being 'targeted and ambushed' while working security in Kentucky Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Shirley, 26, was shot and killed sitting in his unmarked vehicle at a car lot in Louisville early Thursday  Shirley was off-duty and was working security at the time of the attack  Louisville police say Shirley, a two-year veteran, was 'targeted and ambushed'  

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An off-duty sheriff’s deputy working security at a car lot in Kentucky was shot and killed after being ambushed early Thursday while sitting in his unmarked vehicle, police said.

Someone came came up to the vehicle’s window on Rockford Lane and shot Jefferson County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Shirley, 26, at around 2.30am, Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson Alicia Smiley told news outlets.

Shirley, who was wearing his uniform at the time, managed to call in the shooting and was taken to University of Louisville Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery but died of his injuries. 

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Shirley, 26, was shot and killed sitting in his unmarked vehicle at a car lot in Louisville, Kentucky, early Thursday

Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Shirley, 26, was shot and killed sitting in his unmarked vehicle at a car lot in Louisville, Kentucky, early Thursday

Shirley was off-duty and was working security at the time of the attack on Rockford Lane

Shirley was off-duty and was working security at the time of the attack on Rockford Lane 

During a press conference on Tuesday, Louisville Metro Police Department Chief Erika Shields called

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