At Rest

Deadly force
Lt. John Chell was in charge of the Brooklyn South Auto Larceny squad. He and his team found Ortanzso Bovell breaking into a 2004 Mustang GT around 8 p.m. As Bovell fled, Chell discharged his weapon, killing the man. Ten years later, Brooklyn jury has awarded $2.5 million to Bovell's mother.
This record exists so that Ortanzso Bovell, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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