At Rest

Deadly force
Arrested for domestic abuse, Reilley escaped and stole a State Police cruiser. He was chased by State Trooper Dave Roberts and Carroll County Deputy Sheriff Jim Hamilton, crashing into a barn 1 mile south of Ghent, Kentucky. The officers left their other and shot Reilley who was trying to put his car in reverse, allegedly endangering the officers. Early reports couldn't say who fired the single fatal shot.
This record exists so that Michael E. Reilley, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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