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In the quiet, rural landscape of Angola, Indiana, a heated argument on a country road shattered the peace and ended a life. It was on March 9, 2016, that 51-year-old Rusty Scott Smith, a white male, was shot and killed in front of his own home. The fatal confrontation was not with a stranger, but with his own son, Cody S. Smith.

On that Wednesday afternoon, just before 12:30, a call to Steuben County 911 reported a man possibly shot on West 400 North. When sheriff's deputies arrived, they ...Read More
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Victim Details

Rusty Smith

Male

White / Caucasian

Angola

IN

2016-03-09

51

Rusty

Smith

01/17/2026