The fellow killed while walking along the highway was 21-year-old Joseph Erin Hamley. He was not armed. He was retarded and had cerebral palsy. His mother said he put his hands in his pockets when nervous.
Adam Lee Leadford, 18, was armed only with a can of pepper spray when he was wounded, according to authorities, noting the witness account of the suspect dropping a gun as he entered the Wal-Mart. An officer shot Leadford after they ran out a back door and the suspect spritzed him.
None of this is intended as a defense of Leadford’s judgment and actions.
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You know thanks to this young mans misjudgements a very sweet boy is dead.Adam Leadford deserves to sit on trail just as Trooper Norman does.