Janet Shelley-Hillery

How they died

Suicide

Janet Shelley-Hillery was found dead in her bathroom with a gunshot wound to her head in an apparent suicide following a 4-hour SWAT standoff that began when her husband alerted police that she had begun "acting irate." Shelley-Hillery, whom police say had a history of mental illness, reportedly ran into the bathroom when police arrived and fired a shot, prompting officers to retreat. Police then blocked off a long stretch of Henry Clay and several side streets, told neighbors to stay inside and called in a SWAT team and negotiators. Unable to communicate with Shelley-Hillery for hours, police tried to maneuver a robot into the house and make contact, to no avail. Police entered the house and found Shelley-Hillery's body.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Janet Shelley-Hillery, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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