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A lawsuit filed by a Monroe man convicted of shooting an Amherst County sheriff’s deputy that alleges officers used excessive force in the September 2017 incident recently was dismissed, according
An Amherst County Sheriff's deputy was honored Tuesday for her actions during a September 2017 traffic stop that resulted in her shooting a Monroe man in a scuffle where another officer was shot and injured.Â
Investigator Erin Napier, the officer honored with the Medal of Valor, said she was surprised and honored to receive the medal. During a late-night stop at the Monroe Post Office on Sept. 22, 2017, she shot Trevor Dawson Ewers in the shoulder when Ewers quickly pulled out a gun while being removed from the vehicle by former Sheriff's Lt. Jason Meador.Â
Ewers
Ewers, who was intoxicated, stepped out of the vehicle and retrieved a handgun from his pocket, immediately causing a struggle with Meador, and the officer was shot. Meador recovered from the shot and his since left the department. Napier â whose surname at the time of the shooting was Karajankovich â and Meador both testified at Ewers' 2019 trial in Amherst Circuit Court about the negative physical and mental effects they suffered in the incident.Â
An Amherst County Sheriff's deputy was honored Tuesday for her actions during a September 2017 traffic stop that resulted in her shooting a Monroe man in a scuffle where another officer was shot and injured.Â
Investigator Erin Napier, the officer honored with the Medal of Valor, said she was surprised and honored to receive the medal. During a late-night stop at the Monroe Post Office on Sept. 22, 2017, she shot Trevor Dawson Ewers in the shoulder when Ewers quickly pulled out a gun while being removed from the vehicle by former Sheriff's Lt. Jason Meador.Â
Ewers
Ewers, who was intoxicated, stepped out of the vehicle and retrieved a handgun from his pocket, immediately causing a struggle with Meador, and the officer was shot. Meador recovered from the shot and his since left the department. Napier â whose surname at the time of the shooting was Karajankovich â and Meador both testified at Ewers' 2019 trial in Amherst Circuit Court about the negative physical and mental effects they suffered in the incident.Â