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Eric van Reid
United States · Aged 50 · Died 03/31/2009
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Reid had been out of prison for five months after a 19-year stretch for rape and burglary. Checking in at a parole office, he concealed a knife from his backpack and, according to reports, either threatened a parole officer with it and/or briefly took an officer as a hostage. He was shot dead.
Alleged responsible partyNew York State Division of ParoleReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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