John Wesley Seymour Killed by Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

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Category: Police - County
Old Crime Scene Address:
1100 Carpenter Rd.
Mapping Police Violence:

Deputies were called in response to a family disturbance that involved a weapon. Deputies found that a man with a firearm had barricaded himself inside a travel trailer. Deputies negotiated with John Wesley Seymour for several hours, but he failed to surrender. When he did come out of the travel trailer, he pointed a handgun toward the deputies, and he was shot and killed.

Agency: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office

Motive: Domestic Disturbance-family

Confrontation Type: Domestic Disturbance

Service Call: Yes

Body Camera: No

Official Disposition: Pending investigation

Victim Name: John Wesley Seymour

Death Date: November 3, 2020

County: Jefferson

Geography: Undetermined

Gender: Male

Age: 59

Race: Unknown race

Cause of Death: Gunshot

Criminal Charges: No known charges

Mental Illness: No

Armed: Allegedly Armed

Weapon: gun

Threat Level: attack

Fleeing: Not Fleeing

Washington Post Database ID: 6291

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