Deputies kill murder suspect

Man was wanted for double homicide in Kentucky

Local sheriff’s deputies early Saturday shot and killed a Florida man suspected of murdering his father and his father’s girlfriend in Kentucky.

According to authorities in Kentucky and various area news reports, Gerald R. Boyes, 53, of Jacksonville, was shot as he displayed a pistol to deputies.

Gerald Boyes
Gerald Boyes

The confrontation between Boyes and deputies from the Lake County and McHenry County sheriff’s departments occurred shortly past midnight outside of Toppers Sports Bar, 26211 Highway 173, Antioch.

Area law enforcement personnel had been looking for Boyes at the request of the McCracken (Ky.) sheriff, who said he was a suspect in the murder of Gerald B. Boyes, 73, and Billie Potter, 67, last week in Paducah.

The McCracken County Coroner Dan Sims concluded the cause of death for both was multiple blunt force trauma. The murder weapon believed to have been used was recovered from the scene, according to McCracken County Sheriff Jon Hayden.

Hayden said teams of investigators in Illinois conducted surveillance operations in the area and located a stolen Ford Flex Boyes was driving at Toppers. Boyes was seen leaving the tavern and getting into the stolen vehicle, setting up the confrontation. According to Hayden, as law enforcement officers approached, Boyes brandished a handgun and shots were fired, killing Boyes.

Hayden said the local medical examiner’s office reported finding a medication bottle on Boyes that was prescribed to his father in Kentucky.

The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force is investigating the deputy-involved shooting, according to reports, and is expected to determine if Boyes fired at deputies first or pointed the gun without firing.

The full story appears in the April 22 edition of the Westosha Report


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