Legal Opinion
Kenney v. Floyd
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 30, 2012No. 12-1631PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In May of 2007, there were two shooting deaths, one of a civilian, Liko Kenney, and one of a police officer, Bruce McKay, following traffic stops in Franconia, New Hampshire. Kenney shot Officer McKay four times and ran over him twice with his car. Thereafter, a witness to the shooting, Gregory Floyd, approached Kenney and asked him to drop his weapon. When Kenney refused, Floyd shot and killed Kenney, fearing that Kenney might shoot Floyd or his son, who had gone to McKay’s assistance.
In this civil rights action, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, David T. Kenney, 1 the civilian…
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