Deputy Morales to come back home Thursday

SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ)- A Facebook post from the Scott County Sheriff’s Office says Deputy Jamie Morales is coming back to Scott County Thursday.

It says the department is expecting him to arrive around 1:30 p.m. and he will be escorted from the Scott County line to his home.

Included in the post are several locations along the route where people can show support for Morales.

Once he is home, the sheriff’s office says, “we will respect Deputy Morales’s privacy and give him time with his family and close loved ones.”

Morales was paralyzed after being shot in the back in the line of duty in September while trying to arrest an accused bank robber from Florida at a rest stop on I-75.

He has had multiple surgeries since being wounded.