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HEETER v. BOWERS

No. 23-3296.

KAREN HEETER, as administrator of the estate of Bill G. Heeter, deceased; JONATHAN HEETER, individually and as heir to the estate of Bill G. Heeter, deceased; STEPHANIE HEETER, individually and as heir to the estate of Bill G. Heeter, deceased; BRANDON HEETER, individually and as heir to the estate of Bill G. Heeter, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. KENNETH BOWERS, individually and in his capacity as an employee of the City of Columbus, Ohio; COLUMBUS POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 29, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Alana V. Tanoury , CITY OF COLUMBUS, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants.

Louis E. Grube , FLOWERS & GRUBE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

ON BRIEF: Alana V. Tanoury , Alexandra N. Pickerill , CITY OF COLUMBUS, Columbus, Ohio, for Appellants.

Louis E. Grube , FLOWERS & GRUBE, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

BLOOMEKATZ, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which SUTTON, C.J., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 30-37), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

On the morning of November 21, 2018, the day before Thanksgiving, Bill Heeter told his wife Karen he was about to commit suicide. Mr. Heeter's brother called the police to stop him. At about 10:05 a.m., officers began to arrive at the family's Columbus, Ohio home. They spotted Mr. Heeter through his kitchen...

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