Charles Christopher McClure was 43 when he was shot and killed in Fulton, Kentucky, on January 16, 2017. Between about 12:25 PM and 12:35 PM that day, Fulton police received multiple 911 calls about a disorderly man at Commercial Avenue and East State Line Street reportedly swinging a pole at vehicles. Officers found McClure armed with a pole and a knife and said he acted erratically and refused to obey orders.

During an attempted detention, Fulton Police Sergeant James Buckingham shot McClure. McClure was taken to Jackson Purchase Medical Center and pronounced dead; an autopsy attributed his death to two gunshot wounds to the torso. The Kentucky State Police investigated and Sergeant Buckingham was placed on administrative leave.

McClure’s family filed a civil lawsuit in 2018 against the City of Fulton and several officers, alleging the police chief gave false testimony in an affidavit and arguing McClure, though mentally disturbed and damaging vehicles, did not intend to harm people. Does anyone have firsthand information about the events at Commercial Avenue and East State Line Street that afternoon?