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Victor Coleman
United States · Aged 53 · Died 04/28/2014
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Coleman's wife Lauri Coryell reported to 911 that Coleman, staying at a motel, had left a suicidal voicemail. Officers John Nickelson, Marcus Tennigkeit, Jared Cooley and Breck Wright, Sgt. Vanessa Purdy and Lt. Al Byers communicated with him through his door and via phone for several hours. When Beyers decided the suicide was imminent, Wright battered the door open and they went in with guns and a taser. Police state that Coleman was allegedly "wielding a knife and a bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon in a threatening manner, both of which he allegedly swung toward Tennigkeit, apparently connecting with the bottle." Tennigkeit, Nickelson and Cooley fired 18 shots, hitting Coleman 16 times and killing him. Shooting was ruled justified. Coleman may have ingested a lethal dose of methamphetamine, according to autopsy.
Alleged responsible partyOroville Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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