Christopher Skwierc

Deadly force

Bipolar Skwierc was shot and killed while on the roof of his house. He'd been drinking after a telephone argument with his girlfriend, and a 4 a.m. 911 call for medical help. As his mother screamed at responding deputies that he was only holding a pellet gun, they responded with deadly force, claiming self-defense. The shooter was already under investigation for the "mishandling the inquiry into the vicious beating of a gay man."