At Rest

Deadly force
Police received a 911 call around 8:30 p.m. that a man named Mike Parsley was screaming profanities and threatening the caller. The caller said Parsley was in the road, armed and had fired shots. Two Lawrence County deputies and a Mitchell police officer responded to the call. They found Parsley near a camper where he was apparently living. He reportedly threatened police with a gun, ignored multiple orders to disarm and walked in the direction of the officers who shot and killed him.
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