Nathan Gene Pierce

Deadly force

Pierce, suffering hallucinations and suicidal, asked to be committed. Corporal Steven Robert Sloan drove him to a hospital. Pierce asked to go to the bathroom at a rest stop. According to authorities, Pierce attacked Corporal Stone, who fatally shot him in the chest. Pierce died after three hours at United Regional Health Care Center. His mother was not notified of his death until a blunt exchange with an officer about five hours later.