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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Rachel Sharp

Landon Eastep: Friend questions why police fired so many times in interstate shooting dubbed ‘suicide by cop’

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A friend of the man who died in a hail of police gunfire on a Nashville highway has questioned why officers shot him so many times and called for law enforcement to be better equipped to deal with people suffering from mental illness.

Billy Ray Moore told The Independent that Landon Eastep was a recovering addict who had been struggling with his mental health before he was shot dead by police officers on Thursday afternoon.

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