On the evening of April 13, 2002, Catron was assassinated by Danny Shelley after he finished a campaign speech at a fish fry and political rally being held at the Shopville-Stab, Kentucky Volunteer Fire Department in the small community of Stab, Kentucky. Sheriff Catron was running for a fifth term as sheriff.
Sheriff Catron was killed on April 13, 2002, by Danny Shelley after finishing a speech at a fish fry and rally at the Shopville-Stab fire station in Stab, Kentucky. Catron was running for a fifth term as sheriff.