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Richard Lee Shafer
United States · Aged 60 · Died 08/01/2011
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Shafer was killed during an early-morning domestic disturbance call by a member of Elgin's small rural police department. Shafer had been handling, and supposedly unloading, an AR-15 in the officer's presence when the officer tasered Shafer then fatally shot him.
Alleged responsible partyElgin Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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