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Helriggle family, friends protest death
by Leslie Collins
October 2, 2002 - Nearly 30 people marched in front of the Preble County Courthouse for hours on Monday, Sept. 30, protesting the death last Friday of 23-year-old Clayton Helriggle.
Helriggle was shot and killed during a drug raid near West Alexandria on Friday, Sept. 27.
Since the incident, and as an investigation by Montgomery County authorities proceeds, two differing accounts have emerged. Officers at the scene said Helriggle approached with a handgun. Family and friends contend he held only a blue glass of water in his hand when a Preble County officer fired a single fatal round from a shotgun.
The protest on Monday brought to light much of the family's belief about what happened. Helriggle's family and friends carried poster board signs professing "They murdered my friend" and "God won't forget." Several carried blue cups, signifying what they believe the officers saw.
Sharon Helriggle and her husband were at home Friday evening, Sept. 27, when they heard a "frantic" call for CareFlight come across their police scanner -- just hours after their son Clayton had left for his home and a nap, she said.
She would later find out the shooting victim needing the medical helicopter was Clayton.
"My husband and I went up there," Sharon said Monday morning during the protest. "The cops had the house completely surrounded -- they were rude and kept telling us to get back."
She said they stayed, watching from a field, for nearly two hours before Investigator Dave Lindloff told them "Clay" was dead.
"He went to take a nap," Sharon Helriggle repeated what those inside the farmhouse said they witnessed.
"And when he heard all the commotion, he started down the stairs."
According to Sharon, Clayton's best friend was also on the stairwell, and claims the 23-year-old had only a glass in his hand.
"They said 'drop' and then, bang! -- he just shot him," the grieving mother said their son's friend reported.
The friend, whom Sharon identified as simply "Ian," stayed with Clayton.
"I thank God Ian was with him," she said. "He held him until he passed."
Clayton did have a gun, according to his mother, but it was not in his hand. She said it was in his bedroom.
"Clayton was the kindest, gentlest soul, and would do anything for anybody he knew," she said.
"Nobody would ever have thought this could happen, but it did."
The Helriggle family and friends contend the officers on the team did not knock to announce their presence.
"They could have knocked on the door," Sharon Helriggle said, "and the boys would have walked out to them.
"Not one of them has a criminal record," she said. "There may be some minor things, but nothing worth this. He just mowed him down."
Another individual living in the house was injured during the incident, according to officials, who noted it may have been from flying glass. Sharon Helriggle and family believe the wounds appear to be from "buckshot."
Helriggle family members appeared before the Preble County Commissioners on Monday morning, requesting the board help them by supporting the calling of a grand jury in the case. Commissioners explained, they had no official capacity in such matters, as both the PC Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney are separate elected entities.
Officials from the Preble County Sheriff's Office and the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were to meet Monday afternoon concerning the investigation into the incident.
According to a press release issued by the Montgomery County Sheriff's
Office, PC Sheriff Tom Hayes requested the MCSO to investigate the shooting
which involved an officer on Friday, Sept. 27.
"At the conclusion of the investigation, the matter will be turned over to
the Preble County Prosecutor's Office for review," the release stated.
If it's a member of the protected class' son or daughter, none of this long arm of the law stuff would ever happen. Witness one Noelle Bush, recidivist cocaine junky and prescription drug addict. Conservatives encourage fighting Drugs in her name with prayers and best wishes and cries of media bias.