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Dennis Shaner

Case from Springfield, MO dated May 24, 2018

Victim Details

Dennis Shaner

Male

Springfield

MO

2018-05-24

50

Dennis

Shaner

07/11/2026

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In the late spring of 2018, the life of 50-year-old Dennis Shaner came to a tragic end outside the Greene County Jail in Springfield, Missouri. On May 24th, Shaner, a male inmate, was being transported by a private company, Inmate Services Corporation. The journey concluded in a shocking and fatal incident right at the jail's entrance.

The transport van had just pulled up to the facility when an employee of the transport service exited the vehicle with another inmate, leaving a handgun un ...
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  • Springfield News-Leader: Inmate who shot himself in the head Thursday has been identified
  • Springfield News-Leader: Inmate being transferred shoots self near Greene County Jail entrance, sheriff says
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