(1) As used in this section, "first responder" means:
(a) A peace officer;
(b) Paid or volunteer emergency medical services or rescue personnel;
(c) A paid or volunteer member of an organized fire department; or (d) Personnel of a private nonprofit organization providing fire, rescue, or emergency medical services; engaged at the time of the act in the lawful performance of his or her duties.
(2) A person is guilty of murder of a first responder when, with the intent to cause the death of a first responder, he or she causes the death of a first responder.
(3) Notwithstanding KRS Chapter 532, murder of a first responder is a capital offense and the person shall be sentenced to death or imprisonment for life without benefit of probation or parole.