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On a December evening in Chestertown, Maryland, a domestic dispute set in motion a chain of events that would end in the death of 52-year-old James L. Rich II. The incident, which unfolded on December 28, 2016, concluded with a fatal exchange of gunfire between Rich and a Queen Anne's County sheriff's deputy. Rich was a Black male.

The situation began earlier that evening when deputies were called to Rich's Edmore Road residence for a domestic disturbance. Rich's girlfriend had texted her ...Read More
Victim Details

James L. Rich II

Male

Black / African American

Chestertown-

MD

2016-12-28

52

James

Rich

03/12/2026