At Rest

Deadly force
Deputies responded to a home, where they had already responded on two other occasions the same day. Deputies found Michael Kifer, who they say was drunk or high, armed with a knife. He fled on foot, reappeared with a hatchet, and was chased back into his home by deputies. The deputies found him in the home reportedly holding a 12-inch long sword and shot and killed him when he allegedly came out and advanced quickly toward them.
This record exists so that Michael Kifer, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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