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Shawn L. McCoy

United States · Aged 33 · Died 07/11/2005
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Police were following McCoy because they'd gotten a tip that he planned to rob a bank. Robert Coffman shot and killed him when he felt threatened by the unarmed man. Bank tellers had apparently told the SWAT team he claimed to be armed.

Alleged responsible partyColumbus Division of PoliceReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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