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Kimball County grand jury to meet April 17th
Published Thursday, April 09, 2009 at 02:00 PM
Authorities say Kimball Police Captain Ken Lehr had stopped 25-year Keith Moyer of Colby on March 13 and tried to arrest him on a Cheyenne County warrant for 3 counts of violating a protection order and one count each of impersonating a police officer and intimidation by phone.
Before Captain Lehr could take him into custody, Moyer reached into the cab of his pickup and shot himself in the head with a small caliber semi-automatic handgun. He was taken to Regional West Medical Center by the Air Link helicopter ambulance, but died the next morning.
Because a Kimball Officer was involved in the initial traffic stop, the Nebraska State Patrol has been handling the investigation...standard procedure in such cases.
Nebraska law requires a grand jury whenever someone dies in police custody or while being apprehended.
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