GEORGETOWN, Ky. (LEX 18) — Despite having hundreds of people lining the streets you could hear a pin drop in downtown Georgetown on Tuesday morning at around 11 o’clock.
The body of slain Sheriff’s Deputy Caleb Conley was driven from Frankfort to Georgetown and onto Cynthiana a little more than 18 hours after he was shot and killed at an on-ramp on I-75 in Georgetown. As officers closed the intersection of Main Street and Broadway in Georgetown, the area fell silent for roughly 15 minutes as the procession went by.
“He had two children who woke up this morning who aren’t going to school. And a wife who’s trying to explain why their dad is gone,” said Molly Cole.
Mrs. Cole brought her two daughters to the procession. They held signs with Deputy Conley’s badge number emblazoned on each.
“It’s part of their civic duty to be a part of a community, and part of a community is either rejoicing with them, or mourning with the people who protect us,” Cole said of her insistence on bringing her daughters here today.
Bryan Wasson grew up with the deputy in Harrison County. He was here with his family.
“He would stand up for anyone else, so I wasn’t surprised that he became a deputy,” Wasson said of his friend.
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Mr. Wasson said his wife drove by the scene on Monday before police arrived.
“She thought it was a wreck and then called me back to let me know (what happened). It hit home,” Wasson said.
It hit home for a lot of people from this not-so-small community with the small-town feel.
“I’m just grateful for his service,” Cole said of why she came despite not having ever met Deputy Conley.
