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Hunter Reedy Stood Beside Marion Officers—and Virginia Lost a Young Deputy

Deputy Sheriff Hunter Reedy, Smyth County Sheriff's Office, End of Watch 2024-08-09

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… Read more