Fatal Encounters

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Monte Ray Moore

Name: Monte Ray Moore
Age: 84
Gender: Male
Race: Race unspecified
Date: 02/07/2012
Location: Farm-to-Market Road 2960
Whitney, Texas, 76692
County: Hill
Agency: Hill County Sheriff's Office
Cause of Death:
Intended Use of Force:
Media summary: Moore told authorities that someone was in his attic. When Deputy Emily Wright responded, Moore confronted her with a .22-caliber pump action rifle. Wright disarmed him. Moore punched her. Wright tried to shoot him with a stun gun. Moore choked her. Wright drew her pistol and shot Moore in the chest and belly. Moore died a week later at John Peter Smith Hospital. Wright was treated for cuts and bruises at a local hospital.
Unique ID: 11040

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