LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – In a small ceremony Tuesday morning, London, Ky. Mayor Randall Weddle and Kentucky State Police Trooper Scottie Pennington presented Sheila and Fred McCoy with a $10,000 check from WB Transport. This payment is the initial portion of a total $35,000 reward for their role in locating the body of Joseph Couch, the suspect…
LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) – In a small ceremony Tuesday morning, London, Ky. Mayor Randall Weddle and Kentucky State Police Trooper Scottie Pennington presented Sheila and Fred McCoy with a $10,000 check from WB Transport. This payment is the initial portion of a total $35,000 reward for their role in locating the body of Joseph Couch, the suspect in the recent Laurel County shooting.
In a Facebook post, the mayor alluding to the McCoys’ efforts helping to bring an end to the manhunt and providing closure to the community shaken by the event. The mayor and Trooper Pennington also thanked WB Transport for their donation to the reward fund.
The couple was livestreaming when they came across a body, eventually identified as Joseph Couch, which ended the 12-day manhunt for the suspected shooter.