George “Max” McAfee Frye II

Deadly force

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office dispatched Deputy Sheriff Riley Hodges to conduct a well-being check based on a report that shots had been fired there earlier that day. Not long after his arrival, Hodges heard a fight and saw a woman with a bloody nose. Hodges entered the house and confronted Max Frye Jr., who was holding a snub-nose revolver. Rather than drop it as Hodges commanded, Frye fired a round, and Hodges fired at Frye, striking him eight times and killing him.