At Rest

Deadly force
County officers shot Shepherd as he was attempting to break in to a motor home. Shepherd, who had no known address, was armed with a hatchet when officers arrived. He refused to surrender the weapon and threatened officers with it. He was fatally shot.
This record exists so that Michael Elmo Shepherd, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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