Kentucky State Police: Suspect dies during traffic stop, arrest in Covington

Autopsy set for Wednesday in Frankfort

T.J. Parker

7:35 AM, May 1, 2018

6:55 PM, May 1, 2018

A Cincinnati man died while Covington police officers tried to arrest him Tuesday morning. Kentucky State Police is handling the investigation.

Police activity at 43rd and Winston in Covington

COVINGTON, KY. May 1, 2018. A suspect died during a traffic stop and arrest near the Kroger store in Covington's Latonia neighborhood.

T.J. Parker | WCPO

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COVINGTON, Ky. -- A Cincinnati man died while Covington police officers tried to arrest him Tuesday morning.

Kentucky State Police is handling the investigation.

Officers made a traffic stop on Robert Ennis, 29, near the Latonia Kroger at about 6 a.m., Trooper Charles Loudermilk said.

Officials haven't yet said why Ennis was pulled over. Three other people were in the car with him.

He suffered a "medical emergency" at some point during the encounter with officers, Loudermilk said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

"Whether it be something he did or a health emergency, officers began to give him first aid after they got him subdued," Loudermilk said.

Loudermilk said a gun wasn't used during the arrest. Still, he said investigators would "go through the same process as an officer-involved shooting," step by step, to determine what happened. That includes talking to witnesses, asking businesses for surveillance footage, reviewing body-worn camera footage and interviewing the officers involved.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday in Frankfort, Loudermilk said.