At Rest

Deadly force
Called to a report of a woman threatening suicide and shooting into the air, police shot Ritchie after shooting her 20-year-old daughter. Police believed her daughter, who was holding a cell phone, was the threat and shot her. Another officer heard the shots and thought it was Ritchey who fired, and he shot and killed Ritchey.
This record exists so that Monica Ritchey, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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