Lenny Blane Griffith

Deadly force

Lenny Blane Griffith's sister called police to report her brother was suicidal and had a long history of mental illness. A deputy responded. Griffith was in a bedroom near the back of the home. The deputy told Griffith to put down the knife, but Griffith charged him, chasing the deputy through the hallway, into the driveway, and eventually into a neighbor's yard, where 28-year-old deputy Nguyen Tran shot and killed Griffith.