At Rest

Deadly force
At 7:30 a.m. on the first day of turkey season Coffey, hunting on his own private land, encountered a state wildlife officer. There was a confrontation between the two men perhaps worsened by the older man's hearing problems. The officer shot Coffey in the chest in perceived self-defense and killed the hunter.
This record exists so that Clyde Coffey, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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