Colton Puckett

Deadly force

Waterford Police received a 911 call of a domestic dispute. The female caller reported she had left the residence after being assaulted by her husband. Officers responded to the home and were able to establish contact by phone with the husband, Colton Puckett. During those conversations, he threatened to kill officers, burn down his house, and kill himself. Sporadic phone contact continued. Shortly after the last phone contact, the subject exited the house with a shotgun. He walked through the side tree line and charged an officer at which time he was shot and killed. Puckett was a veteran who reportedly suffered from PTSD.