Earlier in the week, the prosecutor and the coroner were at odds over the need for an inquest.
AVA, Mo. -- The Douglas County coroner says a coroner’s inquest over a deadly shooting by the sheriff is tentatively set for Nov. 27, three weeks after the election in which the sheriff seeks re-election. Sheriff Chris Degase killed David Phillips on a rural road on Aug. 30 after he says Phillips attacked him with a large pair of pliers.
AVA, Mo. -- The Douglas County coroner says a coroner’s inquest over a deadly shooting by the sheriff is tentatively set for Nov. 27, three weeks after the election in which the sheriff seeks re-election. Sheriff Chris Degase killed David Phillips on a rural road on Aug. 30 after he says Phillips attacked him with a large pair of pliers.