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Amanda Olcott
United States · Aged 36 · Died 02/11/2002
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Trooper Lawrence P. Gleason arrived at the rural Crown Point home where Amanda Olcott was staying. Olcott had earlier called police to say her ex-boyfriend had threatened her with a knife and then left the residence. Gleason was interviewing Olcott in her kitchen when James Scharpf returned to the home and fired three or more shots from a high-powered rifle from outside the house. Despite the fact that the trooper was wearing a standard-issue bulletproof vest, the shots inflicted from the 30-30 hunting rifle caused "massive" body wounds and he was killed instantly, police said. Scharpf then went into the house and killed Olcott before killing himself with another shot.
Alleged responsible partyOhio State Highway PatrolReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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