John L. Rose

Deadly force

Rose, armed with a sawed-off shotgun, broke into a house and demanded to see his 19-year-old girlfriend. Rose got into a noisy confrontation with 56-year-old homeowner Gary Church, his girlfriend's father, whom he threatened to kill. Church and Rose were on the dining room floor wrestling over the loaded 20-gauge shotgun when the officer entered the house. The officer demanded that the two men drop the gun. Church complied with the order but Rose did not. Rose rolled over and pointed the gun at the officer, who shot and killed him.