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Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp confirms with News 13 the deputy involved in a recent fatal shooting was Deputy Courtney Heaton
By WLOS Staff
GRAHAM COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) New details have been released in a recent, deputy-involved, fatal shooting in the mountains.
Graham County Sheriff Jerry Crisp confirms with News 13 the deputy involved in a recent fatal shooting was Deputy Courtney Heaton, and that the shooting victim, Mickey Ray Rice, 31, was from Dickson, Tennessee.
Officials say deputies attempted to stop Rice’s vehicle for a moving violation on June 20. A chase ensued with speeds topping 100 miles an hour, ending at the dead end of Anderson Creek Road.
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