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Christopher Blair Ervie

United States · Aged 47 · Died 11/13/2019
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Deadly force

Officers were called in reference to an armed suicidal person. When officers arrived, they encountered Ervie with a knife. Police ordered Chris Ervie to drop the knife, but he refused. Police then tasered him, but he was not incapacitated, and Officer B.L. Kelly shot and killed him when Ervie again raised the knife.

Alleged responsible partyJacksonville Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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