Police reports indicate which Brookville officer fired fatal shot

Brookville police use of force reports obtained by this news organization appear to indicate that officer Frank Graci shot and killed a Tennessee woman who had crashed her car and ran toward Speedway on Oct. 31.

Graci filled out a “Response to Resistance Report” signed and dated Dec. 5, 2016, in which he wrote Ashley Sides’ name as the subject and “subject was dead at scene” on a form showing he used deadly force.

Sides, 31, of Cookeville, Tenn., died of multiple gunshot wounds and the manner was listed as homicide by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office.

Brookville police Chief Doug Jerome said his officers acted properly given the circumstances of what's been called a shootout at 799 Arlington Road after Sides crashed her car after a brief pursuit by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

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