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Shots fired by Wyoming police were not cause of Wayland man's death

On March 30 the Wyoming Department of Public Safety requested the Kent County Sheriff’s Office investigate a shooting involving an officer from its department, a Kent County Sheriff’s Office news release reports.

 

Based on the preliminary investigation, it was determined that Joel Thomas Peloquin, 52, from Wayland, was at Resurrection Cemetery, 4100 Clyde Park S.W., threatening suicide.

 

When the Wyoming officers made contact with Peloquin, he brandished a firearm and two officers fired at him. Peloquin brought the gun to his head and fired a shot. He died later at a hospital.

Three independent witnesses saw the incident, the release said. .

 

The Kent County Medical Examiner’s Office performed an autopsy on March 31 and determined Peloquin’s cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head and the manner of death was suicide. The three shots from Wyoming officers that struck him were not fatal.

 

Officials do not expect any further media releases about the on-going investigation until the incident is reviewed by the Kent County Prosecutor’s Office.

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