Police killings
2013-2020

Curley Edward Spry

Male, White

Date of the incident: 1/29/2014

Chapmanville, Logan, WV
Harts Creek Road and Briar Branch Road

Spry had been battling depression for more than a year. His wife called 911 to report he was armed and threatening the family. State troopers found Spry laying on the couch with a handgun. He pointed the gun at one of the troopers and the trooper, sensing an imminent threat, shot and killed him. Spry's wife said her husband had stopped taking his medication.