At Rest

Deadly force
About 6:45 p.m., an off-duty officer stopped a other for suspected drunken driving. The driver, Benjamin Ballard, was carrying a handgun in a holster on his hip.On-duty police arrived and struggled with Ballard. Ballard was tasered. Ballard was able to draw his gun and point it toward officers, who shot and killed him.
This record exists so that Benjamin Ballard, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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