At Rest

Deadly force
Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies Eston Pyle, Nathan Sampley and Denise Short simultaneously shot and killed car-theft suspect Thomas Earl Jones on a driveway in rural Hamilton County, piercing him with seven bullets as he allegedly lunged at Deputy Short with a knife.
This record exists so that Thomas Earl Jones, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.
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