Shooting of Jason Harley Kloepfer - December 13, 2022

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In the early morning hours of December 13th, 2022, officers from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department obtained a search warrant for a residence in Bear Paw after a disturbance call made to 911 dispatch hours earlier.

In addition to obtaining the search warrant, officers from the Cherokee County Sheriff's Department also requested assistance from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians' SWAT team and a siege of the residence at 1790 Upper Bear Paw Road was conducted.

Just before 5 AM that morning, SWAT officers tossed a robot equipped with cameras into the residence and awoke the sleeping couple.

The local media there has changed the whole story around. It may have been what the police involved told this outlet.

"It happened around 11:15pm in the 1700 block of Upper Bear Paw Road in Murphy.

The sheriff’s office says deputies arrived at the scene to investigate a report of shots fired where they found 41-year-old Jason Harley Kloepfer, who initially would not come out of the camper trailer, prompting officers to call in the SWAT Team.

The sheriff’s office says Kloepfer eventually came outside and confronted officers, forcing them to shoot the suspect."

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