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In the quiet community of Shopville, Kentucky, a political rally and fish fry at the local fire department on the evening of April 13, 2002, took a tragic turn. Pulaski County Sheriff Samuel Wilson Catron, a 48-year-old male, had just finished giving a speech for his re-election campaign. As he was placing two cakes he had purchased at the fundraiser into his patrol car around 7:15 p.m., a single shot from a high-powered rifle fatally struck him in the head. The brazen assassination, carried out ...Read More
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Samuel Wilson Catron
Male
White / Caucasian
Shopville
KY
2002-04-13
48
Samuel
Wilson Catron
12/02/2025
Forum Posts (3)
I've been thinking a lot about the dynamic between Jeff Morris and Samuel Catron. It's haunting to t... ...Read More
10/07/2024
10/07/2024
There's something profoundly unsettling about the assassination of Sheriff Samuel Catron, especially... ...Read More
12/02/2023
12/02/2023
I've been really struck by how complex the relationships were between Catron, Morris, and Shelley. I... ...Read More
04/12/2023
04/12/2023
