Ian Z. Wilson

How they died

Deadly force

Trooper Christopher M. Clair shot and killed Ian Z. Wilson when he allegedly tried to run him over with a car. At about 1:30 p.m., Clair and trooper Thomas H. Ehler responded to a Stuckey's convenience store to investigate a report of a stolen other and a man stalking a woman. Wilson reportedly reversed his car and accelerated toward Ehler, who jumped out of the way. Wilson hit a parked patrol car, then drove toward Clair, who fired two shots into the windshield. Wilson drove into an adjoining field, struck a tree, got out and attempted to flee on foot, but collapsed. He died at a hospital. Neither trooper was injured.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ian Z. Wilson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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