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TYLER \u2014 The family of a man who died in an incident with a former Rusk County Sheriff\u2019s deputy is seeing their case proceed to trial after a judge confirms the deputy is not eligible for qualified immunity.<\/p>\nTYLER \u2014 The family of a man who died in an incident with a former Rusk County Sheriff\u2019s deputy is seeing their case proceed to trial after a judge confirms the deputy is not eligible for qualified immunity.<\/p>\n
According to our news partner KETK, Timothy Michael Randall was fatally shot during a traffic stop three years ago. In January, Federal Magistrate Judge John D. Love recommended that former Rusk County Deputy Shane Iversen\u2019s qualified immunity be denied. Qualified immunity shields government and peace officers from personal liability in a civil lawsuit. Months later, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle confirmed the recommendation, denying Iversen any immunity. <\/p>\n
The civil lawsuit, Wendy Tippit versus Sergeant Shane Iversen, stems from Randall\u2019s death. The next court proceeding will happen in June to discuss a start date for the trial.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t pull anything out, and then he immediately threw Mr. Randall to the ground,\u201d the Randall family attorney Joseph Oxman said. \u201cWhy? There is absolutely no reason he escalated this situation.\u201d <\/p>\n
Iversen claimed it was self-defense in a videotaped deposition from 2022. <\/p>\n
\u201cI saw him reaching into his waistband, which at that point in time turned this into a dangerous situation,\u201d Iversen said. <\/p>\n
Iversen was not charged with a crime after a decision from a grand jury. Randall\u2019s mother said in an interview with NBC News earlier this year, all she wants is accountability for her son\u2019s death. <\/p>\n
In a statement from the attorney representing \u201cIversen,\u201d Robert S. Davis said, \u201cthe ruling allows the case to proceed past the summary judgment stage and does not determine liability. We appreciate the courts\u2019 work analyzing the legal and factual aspects and respect their decision to leave the facts of this case for a jury to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TYLER \u2014 The family of a man who died in an incident with a former Rusk County Sheriff\u2019s deputy is seeing their case proceed to trial after a judge confirms the deputy is not eligible for qualified immunity. According to our news partner KETK, Timothy Michael Randall was fatally shot during a traffic stop three … Continue reading Judge rules deputy as not eligible for qualified immunity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1414704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-29_021224-1-199x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1414699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 04:42:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/05\/2025-05-29_021224-1-199x200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1414699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414782,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414699\/revisions\/1414782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1414704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1414699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1414699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1414699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}