TN man accused of killing KY state trooper transported to Warren County

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A Tennessee man accused of killing a Kentucky State Police Trooper during a traffic stop was transported to Warren County Tuesday morning.

According to the Warren County Regional Jail website, 51-year-old Emonni Branch, of Portland, Tennessee, was booked into the jail at 12:40 a.m.

Branch allegedly shot and killed 28-year-old Trooper Hayden Phillips, of Glasgow, after a traffic stop on I-65 in Warren County on Monday afternoon.

Branch fled police for several hours before being arrested in Louisville Monday evening, according to Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr.

A booking photo is not available at the time of this reporting.

Branch is charged with murder of a first responder (peace officer) and was served an outstanding arrest warrant.

This is a developing story. WNKY News 40 will bring you more information as it becomes available.