On August 9, 2024, Hunter Reedy’s life was taken by gunfire while he was assisting Marion Police Department officers with a traffic stop. He was 27 years old. In that stark fact is a grief that reaches far beyond a uniform: a young man who had chosen public service, a deputy whose future was still unfolding, and a community now forced to carry the silence left behind. Deputy Sheriff Reedy served with the Smyth County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia. His End of Watch came after three years with the agency, ending a law-enforcement career that began with the Chilhowie Police Department in 2017. The Smyth…

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