WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF CHAD SHEEHAN SAYS HIS TWO DEPUTIES HAD LITTLE TIME TO REACT WHEN A SUSPECT ATTACKED THEM IN JANUARY OUTSIDE OF A SERGEANT BLUFF TRAILER.
SHEEHAN SAYS AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF MICHAEL MEREDITH FOUND NO DEPARTMENT POLICIES WERE VIOLATED:
FAY4 OC…….CITIZENS SAFE. :25
ERIC FAY FIRED THE FATAL SHOT THAT CLAIMED THE LIFE OF THE 35-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT ON JANUARY 12TH.
MEREDITH HAD CHARGED AT THE DEPUTIES AND STRUCK FAY WITH A TIRE IRON BEFORE HE WAS SHOT.
SHEEHAN SAYS FAY HAS 12 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND REMAINS ON PAID LEAVE:
FAY5 OC……….HE IS READY. :24
DEPUTY DEVIN GROENHAGEN, WHO FIRED HIS TASER AT MEREDITH, IS BACK ON DUTY.
SHEEHAN RELEASED BODY CAMERA VIDEO OF THE INCIDENT FROM THE THREE OFFICERS WHO RESPONDED.
