UPDATE: Deputy shooting suspect’s mother blames her son’s mental illness

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UPDATE: JULY 16, 2021, (WTVQ) –

CAMPTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – “I need help with him, or I’ll lose him and god knows I don’t want to bury my son”

Christopher Whisman’s mother Donna Tackett is asking for help following her son’s arrest on Wednesday.

State Police said Whisman fled a sheriff’s deputy investigating a report of a man with a knife on Bear Pen Road in Campton.

According to KSP, Whisman attempted to take the MP’s weapon in a fight that ended with the MP’s helping hand.

But Tackett says his son would never hurt anyone on purpose, that Whisman was abused as a child and was recently diagnosed with a mood disorder.

“When he was 16 he switched from pain relievers to heroin, from heroin to meth, and doctors said his brain had spots where meth affected him,” Tackett said.

She says he’s been sober since February… but he could have relapsed.

“Something must have triggered this because Chris isn’t a threat to anyone,” Tackett added.

According to the arrest report, it was drugs.

But Tackett says that shouldn’t have happened at all. She says a judge signed an recognizance order for Whisman last week for 72 hours of detention in a mental hospital. Wolfe County Circuit Court could not confirm this, saying it was confidential.

“He would have been in the hospital on Wednesday because a psychiatric ward would not have released him because of his illnesses,” Tackett said.

Tackett says she feels sorry for the deputy who was shot… but hopes the court can see how sick her son really is.

“I don’t care if they put him in a mental hospital for the next ten years, just give him the drugs and things so he can live a normal life.”

According to the Three Forks Regional Detention Center, Whisman is charged with gratuitous endangerment, resisting arrest and attempted murder of a police officer.

More information about the incident can be read below.

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CAMPTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Kentucky State Police Station 8 Morehead (KSP) has been tasked by the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department to investigate a shooting involving an officer that took place on Wednesday morning in Wolfe County and resulted in the charge of a degree man of gratuitous endangerment of a police officer.

Preliminary information reveals that Wolfe County MPs Jacob Holland and Josh Clifford have contacted a gunman at an address in the 600 Bear Been Road area of ​​Campton, according to the Sheriff’s Department and the KSP.

On Wednesday morning, the sheriff’s department said the call involved a man with a knife.

During the incident, the man, identified by the Sheriff’s Department as Chris Whisman, 26, fled MPs on foot, the KSP said in a statement.

During the pursuit, the subject charged the deputy. A physical struggle over the firearm issued by the deputy agency ensued between the subject and the deputy, according to the KSP statement.

During that fight, the deputy, identified by the department as Holland, was shot in the hand, the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday morning.

Whisman suffered no injuries and was arrested. Holland was rushed to Kentucky River Medical Center in Breathitt County for non-life threatening injuries.

Three files from Forks Regional Jail show Whisman being charged with gratuitous first-degree endangerment of a police officer.

No other officer or community member was injured in this incident.

KSP has statewide jurisdiction and investigates shootings involving officers in the Commonwealth at the request of local law enforcement agencies. KSP is committed to being transparent while ensuring the integrity of the investigation.

In order to protect the integrity of an ongoing investigation, KSP standard operating procedure is not to disclose specific details until key witnesses have been interviewed and the relevant facts gathered. The timeframes for completing investigations vary depending on the complexity of the case. The investigation into this incident remains ongoing.

ORIGINAL STORY PUBLISHED AT 11:00 AM THURSDAY JULY 14, 2021

CAMPTON, Ky. (WTVQ) – Authorities are investigating a shooting involving an officer that occurred Wednesday morning in Wolfe County.

According to the Wolfe County Sheriff’s Department, MPs Jacob Holland and Josh Clifford responded to a call around 9 a.m. regarding a man with a knife at Bear Pen Creek Road in Campton.

Once at the scene, MPs had an argument with the suspect, Chris Whisman. Authorities said Whisman shot MP Holland in the right hand. The sheriff’s office said a county employee took Holland to Kentucky River Medical Center where he was being treated.

Whisman was taken by ambulance to Kentucky River Medical Center.

Kentucky State Police (KSP) are working on the scene. According to Private Scott Ferrell, the soldiers are sorting out the conflicting details of the accounts of the incident.

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