Deputy Sheriff Kieran John Kenny Grant, 50, was killed in the line of duty while serving an eviction notice at an apartment building on Southside Avenue in Hastings-on-Hudson. An 18-year veteran of the Westchester County Sheriff’s Department, Grant was off duty that day and unarmed. While attempting to serve the warrant, a 39-year-old male tenant opened fire with a .45 caliber handgun. Grant was struck three times at close range and fell; the attacker then stood over him and fired three additional shots into his back as he tried to crawl away down the hallway.

The shooting left a wife and three children bereaved and a community mourning a long-serving deputy. The suspect was apprehended after the attack. Few public details are available about the events leading up to the encounter or any motive; readers who knew Deputy Grant, the victim’s family, or who have information about the case are asked to come forward.