Retired Miner Accused of Killing Deputy, Couple
A man in Toulon shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy, then kicked in his neighbors’ door and shot the couple to death before officers wounded him in a gun battle, authorities said.
Curtis Thompson, 60, killed Deputy Adam Streicher, 23, as he was trying to serve Thompson a warrant for failing to appear in court on a misdemeanor assault charge, state police said.
State police said Thompson, a retired coal miner, then took Streicher’s weapon and squad car and drove around the block to the home of James and Janet Geisenhagen, both 43, and shot them.
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