Callion Lance Hamblin

How they died

Deadly force

Officers shot Callion Lance Hamblin six times from behind when he allegedly fired at them. According to police, officers had initially responded to an apartment complex to assist a local bail bondsman trying to detain Hamblin for absconding his parole and an active warrant for a drug-related charge. Hamblin fled. Officers tracked Hamblin to the USA Drug parking lot through his cell phone at around 2 a.m. Hamblin allegedly fired at the approaching officers, hitting a deputy in the leg. Several officers returned fire, killing Hamblin. At least one bullet came from the bail bondsman's gun--he reportedly would have lost up to $25,000 if Hamblin had remained a fugitive. A coroner's jury decided that the shooting was a "justifiable homicide by self defense."

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