Christopher Sher Eney

Death by Force

Christopher Sher Eney reported for a routine training assignment on August 24, 1984, with the United States Capitol Police’s Containment and Emergency Response Team, a specialized unit akin to a SWAT team. The drill unfolded inside a vacant Capitol Hill building at 128 C Street NE in Washington, DC. Near the conclusion of the exercise—after officers had trained with blanks—weapons were reloaded, and a colleague’s firearm discharged, striking Eney in the lower back. He succumbed to his in ...Read More