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Chavis Carter
Chavis Carter
Chavis Carter

Death of handcuffed man in back of patrol car ruled suicide


KTHV-TV
Tue Aug 21, 2012

Area: Little Rock, Pine Bluff

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas - There is now an official cause of death for a man who was shot in the back of a Jonesboro police car.

According to the Arkansas Crime Lab, Chavis Carter, 21, did shoot himself in the head.

Last month, during a stop, Carter, was handcuffed and searched twice and put in the back of a patrol car.

Jonesboro police chief Michael Yates says it appears Carter, had a concealed gun and shot himself in the head. But the family and other supporters have always doubted that theory.

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