Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

E.J. Walters Jr., age 69

Fatally shot on August 4, 2016 in Gate City, Virginia.

E.J. was killed by Hawkins County (TN) deputies after they pursued him across the Virginia border. E.J. allegedly got out of his vehicle and pointed a shotgun at them.

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