Death by Cop- 2024
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Jeffrey E. Miller
Gender : Male
Age : 32
Race : White
Date : 07/27/2024
Location : Unknown
City : Amherst
County : Portage
State : Wisconsin
Agency : Portage County Sheriff’s Office, Sauke County Sheriff’s Office, Amherst Police Department, Special Response Team
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Suicide under police duress
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Amherst Police arrived at 450 Mill Avenue to arrest a man for unknown reasons. Police described him as “armed and dangerous.” Police engaged the man in a shootout and called SWAT. A lengthy militarized siege on the home ensued. A neighbor described SWAT using what may have been an armored SWAT caterpillar or other heavy equipment to tear away several windows and much of the front of the house while the residents were inside. Police arrested several people in the home for harboring a fugitive. Miller who was wanted for allegedly firing at or trying to harm a police officer was found dead inside of the home after a lengthy war-like engagement with SWAT. It is not immediately clear whether SWAT shot him or he died from suicide under police duress.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.npr.org/2024/07/10/nx-s1-5035208/dvontaye-mitchell-hyatt-guards-milwaukee-death