Jeremy Shane Leech

Deadly force

Officers responded to the neighborhood after receiving a call that Leech had threatened two people with a rifle, according to police. When authorities arrived, Leech was gone. They waited more than three hours and got a search warrant for Leech's residence at 14254 U.S. Highway 12 to find the rifle. Deputies knocked on the door several times and announced that they were the Sheriff's office there to serve a search warrant. There was no answer at the residence and entry was made through the front door. Deputies encountered a male subject with a rifle in the hallway of the residence. Leech did not put the rifle down, and he was shot and killed.