Iraq Veteran Charged In Shooting Of Officers In Two States

Veteran Charged In Shooting Of Officers In Two States
Nov 29, 2011
by Tim Wetzel

LINCOLN COUNTY, Tenn. – The man accused of trying to kill two law enforcement officers on the Tennessee -Alabama border was an Iraq war veteran.

The Army said 23-year-old Joseph Shriver was in the Army for 3 years and based at Fort Bliss in Texas.

Shriver served in Iraq for more than a year, and was discharged from the Military last April.

It all started in Madison County, Alabama around 11:30 p.m. Monday when Shriver allegedly robbed the Super Stop on Moores Mill Road.

A deputy spotted his vehicle shortly after, and stopped him. That's when he allegedly opened fire.

"The offender in the Toyota exited his vehicle and fired multiple rounds from an assault rifle, striking the vehicle and the deputy multiple times," said Brent Patterson with the Madison County, Alabama Sheriff's Office.

Deputy Brent Beavers was critically injured after being shot in the face. Grainy cell phone video showed the scene as paramedics rushed him to a Huntsville hospital. His fellow deputies followed behind.
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