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Tommy Gene Ransbottom II
United States · Aged 40 · Died 01/17/2012
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Police responded to reports that Tommy Gene Ransbottom II was behaving erratically and making phone calls to family members threatening suicide following a domestic disturbance call near his home. Seven officers followed Ransbottom's car and cornered him in the parking lot of Rock Lake Presbyterian Church at about 1 a.m. According to police, Ransbottom got out and screamed at them before retrieving a .380 caliber pistol. Ransbottom was talking to his sister on the phone. She reportedly pleaded with him to drop his gun, but he said he intended to die. Two officers shot Ransbottom when he allegedly pointed the pistol at two of the other officers.
Alleged responsible partySouth Charleston Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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