At Rest

Deadly force
At 7:41 p.m., a man called the sheriff's office from a gas station to report a hostage situation at his house nearby. When deputies arrived at the store, the caller told them James Edward Baker was armed and holding his girlfriend hostage. Deputies went to Spencer's home, where Baker opened fire on them, and deputies shot and killed him.
This record exists so that James Edward Baker, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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