Wendy Michelle Chappell

How they died

Deadly force

A man approached an Alabama state trooper who was stationed at a construction zone on Interstate 65. He told the trooper that his wife threatened to shoot him. The trooper tried to stop the woman's other, but she refused to pull over. Several other law enforcement agencies joined in. Authorities say the woman brandished a firearm during the chase. Officers put out "spike strips," and stopped her other. After a brief standoff,troopers say the woman fired on officers, and officers returned fire. The woman was pronounced dead on the scene.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Wendy Michelle Chappell, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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