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Man Who Ambushed Ohio Deputy Had Similar Confrontation In 2001

Michael Ferryman, 57, who fatally shot Deputy Suzanne Hopper and then died in a gun fight with officers from five agencies, fired at Morgan County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputies from inside a trailer in 2001.

January 3, 2011
Man Who Ambushed Ohio Deputy Had Similar Confrontation In 2001

 

The man who killed a Clark County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputy on New Year's Day fired on other deputies during a 2001 confrontation that resulted in his visit to a mental facility, reports the Columbus Dispatch.

Michael Ferryman, 57, who fatally shot Deputy Suzanne Hopper and then died in a gun fight with officers from five agencies, fired at Morgan County (Ohio) Sheriff's deputies from inside a trailer in 2001.

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No one was hurt in the earlier incident, and Ferryman was sent to a Columbus psychiatric facility.

Read the full story at Dispatch.com.

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