Skier’s cousin shot after killing officer

FRANCONIA, N.H. – A cousin of skiing star Bode Miller fatally shot and ran over a police officer, then was killed by a passer-by who grabbed the officer’s gun.

Attorney General Kelly Ayotte said Liko Kenney shot Cpl. Bruce McKay four times, then ran over him with his car after a traffic stop Friday night.

Gregory Floyd, who was driving by with his son, grabbed McKay’s gun, then shot the 24-year-old Kenney when he refused to put his gun down, Ayotte said.

Authorities said McKay pulled Kenney over for speeding on Route 116. Kenney then took off, and McKay pursued him for about 1 1/2 miles before pulling his cruiser in front of Kenney’s car and pushing it off the road.

The officer used pepper spray on Kenney and his passenger, then turned around, Ayotte said. That’s when he was shot.

“Corporal McKay’s cruiser video confirmed for police investigating this case that in fact Mr. Kenney had discharged several shots at Corporal McKay before running him over,” Ayotte said.

Soon after, Floyd arrived and confronted Kenney while his son called for help using the officer’s radio. Authorities have determined that his actions in shooting Kenney were justified.

An autopsy showed McKay died of four gunshot wounds.

The 48-year-old McKay was a 12-year veteran of the Franconia Police Department and previously had worked in Haverhill.

Ayotte said McKay had “prior dealings” with Kenney, who was convicted of assaulting the officer and resisting arrest in 2003. Kenney’s uncle said the animosity between them was so great that if Kenney got pulled over by McKay, “he had the right to request a different officer.”

“That’s what I heard, that Liko requested a backup officer and that was when he was pepper-sprayed,” said Bode Miller’s father, Woody Miller.

The passenger in Kenney’s car told police Kenney said something like, “Get another officer,” just before speeding off after the initial stop, Ayotte said.

“But he refused to produce a license and registration to Corporal McKay, which is standard operating procedure, and then just took off. So this is a situation where he obviously disobeyed a police officer,” she said.

Woody Miller said his nephew claimed the officer once beat him during an arrest.