Investigators who probed a Henderson County Sheriff’s Office deputy shooting that left a Corydon man dead determined the deputy was justified in his actions.
“After review, it is abundantly clear that Deputy Edward Rainey of the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office was justified in discharging his firearm which resulted in the death of Charles Powell, Jr., who was armed with an eighteen (18) inch ‘machete,’” wrote Mike Van Meter, the commonwealth’s attorney of the 6th Judicial Circuit who looked at the investigation that was conducted by Kentucky State Police Detective Shaun Schroader.
Van Meter also wrote in a letter dated Aug. 13 that was included in the files received by the Hendersonian that he would not be presenting the case to a Henderson County grand jury. The Hendersonian received the KSP investigation by filing an open records request with the state headquarters in Frankfort…