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| Officer shot, killed over $50 |
| By Arizona Republic |
| Published: 07/18/2005 |
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An Arizona Department of Corrections officer was shot and killed July 10 over a $50 drug debt, police said. Jerry Booker, 57, who worked at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman in Florence, was pistol-whipping and threatening to shoot Nyeema Irby, 23, when Irby pulled his own gun and fired, Phoenix police Detective Tony Morales said. Irby owed Booker $50, and Booker was trying to collect it, Morales said. Irby was questioned and released, pending reviews of the shooting. "There's definitely some self-defense issues that have to be further investigated," Morales said. Booker worked for the Corrections Department from 1981 to 1988 and was hired again in September 2001. He was assigned to a sex-offender yard, and prison officials said Booker's job evaluations were slightly above average. |
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