Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Shawn Myers
Gender : Male
Age : 36
Race : White
Date : 03/17/2021
Location : 750 FM 544
City : Wylie
County : Collin
State : Texas
Agency : Wylie Police Department
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during confrontation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Around 2:30 a.m., police responded to a crash involving a Ford pickup at a CVS. A Wylie officer, who was handling an unrelated traffic stop at the time, was called to the scene of the crash. The officer found the body of a woman who had been seriously injured and saw a man, later identified as Shawn Myers, lying on the ground with a rifle. The officer ordered Myers to disarm, and when Myers did not comply, the officer shot and killed him.
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